New Staff Orientation
Demographics and EvaluationLeah Nell Adams
NTW 2004
What I do
• Evaluations for National AgrAbility• Impact Evaluation Survey• Provide advice to state projects on evaluations
• Keep track of client demographics
• MOVE US TOWARDS REPORTING IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES
Demographics
What should you track?
And
Why?
In the future-Outcomes
• We will develop outcome questions to include in this data
How should you send it to me?
• Excel
• Paper
• Access
• SPSS
Results of demographics 2003-2004
Age all clients 03-04
age
95.085.075.065.055.045.035.025.015.05.0
250
200
150
100
50
0
Std. Dev = 16.70
Mean = 49.1
N = 855.0021
63
152
202213
89
60
41
12
Age NEW clients only 03-04
Age ALL clients 03-04
age
95.085.075.065.055.045.035.025.015.05.0
250
200
150
100
50
0
Std. Dev = 16.70
Mean = 49.1
N = 855.0021
63
152
202213
89
60
41
12
age
95.085.075.065.055.045.035.025.015.05.0
250
200
150
100
50
0
Std. Dev = 15.15
Mean = 50.6
N = 458.00
38
77
124113
51
31
age 01-04
100.090.0
80.070.0
60.050.0
40.030.0
20.010.0
0.0
400
300
200
100
0
Std. Dev = 16.57
Mean = 49.1
N = 2063.00
Age of all clients 01-04
FYI- that small blip at age 20 is comprised of 20% non- ag moving vehicle incidents and aHigh rate of para and quad (17 and 10%)
Gender 03-04
21.2%
78.8%
female
male
What type of operation?
84
264
8
9
48
31
125
125
290
29
46
20
90
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Agri-business
Field/Grain crops
Nursery crops
Orchard Crops
Vegetable Crops
Fruit Crops
Hay
Dairy
Livestock
Poultry
Other Animal
Specialized Crops
Other
Number of AgrAbility clients involved in operation 2003-2004
Other operations
• Aquaculture• Bee Keeper• Feed mill• Forestry• Hoof Trimmer• Landscaping and lawn care• Pecans• Rodeo photography• Soil Research• Truck driver• Woodwork
Owner Operator 68%
No longer farming 9%
Employee 7%
Child 5%
Dependent adult 5%
Spouse/partner 4%
Seasonal/migrant 2%
Who is the client?
Client Status 03-04
4%
31%
66%
Re-opened case
On-going
New
Top 7 disabilities 03-04
Back injury 11%
Spinal paraplegic 8%
Joint injury 7%
Arthritis 7%
Orthopedic injury 6%
Other 6%
Multiple Sclerosis 5%
3 year trend in disability-decreases
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Spinal paraplegia
Spinal quad
Lower Limb Amputation
Upper Limb Amputation
Stroke
Orthopedic Injury
year 1
year 2
year 3
percent
3 year trend in disability- increases
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
other
Back Injury
Joint Injury
Arthritis
MS
year 1
year 2
year 3
percent
What is this other category?When you look at the data, 42 entries were listed as other15 of these gave a description .• Chemical Imbalance• Congenital• Communication• Compression of spine• Cystic fibrosis• Educational/Learning 2• Genetic Birth Defect• Learning disability• Lymphedema• Ptsd• Substance abuse• Unidentified 2• Unknown
What caused disability?All cases, 2003-2004
61%24%
15%
chronic or health
catestrophic ag
catestrophic nonag
What ag things caused disability?
36%
35%
9%
4%
8%
8%
tractor/machinery
Other
Vehicle
chemicals
animal
fall
Repetitive motion and too many years farming
What non ag things caused disability?
14%
20%
66%
vehicle
fall
recreational
Gender and disability, 01-04
0 2 4 6 8 10
Spinal paraplegia
Spinal quad
Lower Amputation
Upper Amputation
Joint Injury
Back Injury
Stroke
Orthopedic Injury
other
Arthritis
MS
Women
Men
%
What demographic analyses would be most helpful to you?
What is most helpful to me?
Please report on this data!!!
Why?
•Because we need continued justification for the money that is funding us.
•Because I can provide you with presentations like this one for you to use with funding agencies and others
Outcomes
• I will work towards gathering and reporting outcomes
How should we do this?
• TBA