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Cost of Providing Transportation and In-home Services to the Elderly, 1982-1983 (ICPSR 8309)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1982-01-01--1983-01-01
This data collection contains the results of a survey conducted to examine the costs of providing (1) transportation and (2) in-home services to the elderly in the United States in 1982-1983. Both parts of the study examined the costs of administrative, professional, and clerical staff, including wages paid, number of full- and part-time staff, and fringe benefits, and office expenses, such as the cost of office machines, equipment, supplies, and furniture. Insurance and taxes paid were also investigated, as were accounting, advertising, and legal counsel costs. The transportation services section of the study classified agencies providing the services studied by type, e.g., private for-profit, private non-profit, public, and other. This portion of the study also determined vehicle descriptions, revenue by source, and hours that service was provided. The in-home services section of the study examined several types of services offered, e.g., nursing care, therapy, personal care, housekeeping, physician visits, nutrition and social service counseling, and companionship. This section also classified agencies providing services by type, e.g., government-based public health, government-based social services, private non-profit, and private for-profit.
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Food Service Delivery Systems Used in Providing Nutrition Services to the Elderly (ICPSR 8347)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
This data collection contains information gathered from January through April 1981 on nutrition projects serving the elderly in the United States. The sample represents nutrition projects funded through Title IIIC of the Older Americans Act of 1965. This sample, which was stratified according to the rural or urban character of the project and its predominant delivery system (a total of 10 categories), represented approximately 10 percent of all nutrition projects in operation at the time. The specific objectives of the study were (1) to develop reliable descriptive information with respect to cost, nutritional quality, and microbiological content of the meals, (2) to analyze cost, nutritional, microbiological, and environmental data, in order to determine the range of costs and the factors that influenced total cost per meal, costs of various elements of nutrition service (e.g., labor costs, administrative and service costs, and building and equipment costs), and the costs of meal functions (e.g., meal preparation, meal delivery to congregate sites, congregate service or home-delivery, and supportive activities), and (3) to develop conclusions regarding the relative advantages and disadvantages of each meal service delivery system in different settings, to describe the implications of these conclusions for Administration on Aging program policy, and to suggest criteria by which providers might choose the most appropriate delivery systems for their projects. Data include project characteristics, sample site characteristics, meals served, number of meals served and prepared during the two-day test period, participant/visitor contributions during test period, background information on delivery systems, project-level labor and administrative costs, meal site labor and administrative costs, central kitchen labor and administrative costs, and capital expenses.
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Study of Consumer Purchases in the United States, 1935-1936 (ICPSR 8908)
Released/updated on: 2009-06-29
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1935-01-01--1936-01-01
In 1935, the principal investigators interviewed a national sample of all families in the United States to ascertain for the first time in a single national survey the earning and spending habits of inhabitants of large and small cities, villages, and farms. Families completed questionnaires that reported in detail all household income sources and expenditures. Respondents were asked to list the amount of all income received by the family from each person employed as well as from other sources such as gifts, interest and dividends, pensions, and work in the home. Complete information was also provided on family composition, type of living quarters, housing accommodations, fuel and other utility expenses, medical care, recreational activities, tobacco use, purchase of reading materials, educational expenses, miscellaneous occupational expenses, gifts furnished, taxes paid, automobile expenses, personal care costs, and a detailed appraisal of all changes in family assets and liabilities over the course of the previous year. Families also reported the quantity of food items consumed, unit purchase price, and total expense of all food items consumed by the family in the seven days prior to the interview. In addition, families were queried on furnishings and equipment purchased for the home as well as on all items of clothing purchased for each family member in the previous year. Demographic characteristics recorded for each household member include relationship to the household head, age, sex, occupation, weeks spent at home or away from home, wage rate, length of time employed during the year, and total earnings.
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Title XX Planning by Area Agencies on Aging: United States, 1975-1977 (ICPSR 9012)
Released/updated on: 2005-11-04
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1975-01-01--1977-01-01
This data collection contains information on United States Area Agencies on Aging and the social services they make available to the elderly through Title XX funding. The units of analysis are the agencies. Variables include agency programs supported by Title XX funding, amount of agency's 1975-1976 and 1976-1977 Title XX allocations, and the agency's involvement with city, county, state, and federal officials. Other items include percent of budget for self-care, in-home, out-of-home, health-related, and institutional services, source of budget, date of establishment, and number of professional positions.