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.
Significance of association between involvement in activity and cultural affiliation.
Group differences at p < .05.