Table 1.

Comparison between the Percentage of Private Centers Offering Special Programs for Older Adults and Percentage of Older Adults by Region^a

	Centers Sampled	Special Services Provided		Older Adults by Regiona
Region	N	n	%	%	z-testb
Northeast	74	10	13.5	13.7	−.12
Midwest	103	20	19.4	12.9	1.83
South	87	16	18.4	12.6	1.48
West	82	17	20.7	11.3	2.52*
Total	346	63	18.3

Note.

^a2007 U.S. Census Bureau (2008) estimates (Northeast = CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT; Midwest = IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, SD, WI; South = AL, AR, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV; West = AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA);

^b2-tailed 2-proportions test.

^*p <.05;