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. 2010 May 20;15(3):209–227. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enq012

Table 2.

Involvement in Deaf community or hearing community activities, by cultural affiliation

Activity Cultural affiliation
Hearing Deaf Both p Valuea
Deaf community involvement
    % Attend formal Deaf gathering events 22.2 92.1 80.0 <.0001*
    % Attend informal Deaf gathering events 38.9 90.7 83.3 <.0001*
    % Attend captioned movies 50.0 79.3 67.8 .01*
    % Attend Deaf performances 16.7 78.6 64.4 <.0001*
    % Participate or follow Deaf conferences 11.1 72.1 47.8 <.0001*
    % Attend Deaf club activities 5.6 66.4 44.4 <.0001*
    % Attend interpreted performances 11.1 63.6 54.4 <.0001*
Hearing community involvement
    % Attend informal hearing gathering events 88.3 36.4 54.4 <.0001*
    % Attend hearing organization in neighborhood 66.7 11.4 26.7 <.0001*
    % Attend hearing performance without ASL interpreter 72.2 14.3 30.0 <.0001*
    % Attend formal hearing events 77.8 42.8 48.9 .02*

ASL, American Sign Language.

a

Significance of association between involvement in activity and cultural affiliation.

*

Group differences at p < .05.