What type of assistance would you say that the people in your community need most? * Poverty Level (August 2006) Crosstabulation
% within Poverty Level (August 2006)


Poverty Level (August 2006) Total
Hardship cases Below the poverty line Above the poverty line
What type of assistance would you say that the people in your community need most? Food assistance 6.9% 8.8% 6.1% 7.2%
Financial assistance 68.6% 64.2% 58.2% 64.2%
Employment assistance 17.2% 21.4% 26.6% 21.2%
Medical assistance 2.2% 2.8% 2.7% 2.5%
Education assistance 4.2% 2.5% 4.7% 3.8%
Housing assistance .2%
.7% .3%
Other type of assistance .7% .3% 1.0% .7%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 17.726(a) 12 .124
Likelihood Ratio 18.428 12 .103
Linear-by-Linear Association 4.488 1 .034
N of Valid Cases 1022

a 6 cells (28.6%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .87.