Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics on All Study Variables (n=1,562)
| % (n) | |
|---|---|
| Affect | |
| Tone | |
| Positive | 10.5% (164) |
| Neutral | 40.2% (630) |
| Negative | 49.2% (768) |
| Prominence | |
| Editorial, Letter, Column | 9.7% (151) |
| Location | |
| Front Page | 10.0% (163) |
| Front Section | 14.0% (211) |
| Elsewhere | 76.0% (1188) |
| Number of Keywords | 5.1 (5.4)1 |
| Number of Words1 | 727.1 (626.2)1 |
| 2+ Articles | 20.6% (322) |
| Themes | |
| Quality | 57.0% (891) |
| Financing | 33.5% (523) |
| Negligence/Fraud | 29.5% (461) |
| Cost | 10.2% (159) |
| Business/Property | 6.3% (99) |
| Rebalancing | 5.7% (89) |
| Natural Disasters | 5.4% (84) |
| Access | 2.9% (46) |
| Number of Themes | |
| 1 | 54.7% (855) |
| 2 | 28.3% (598) |
| 3+ | 7.0% (109) |
| Other Attributes | |
| Focal Entity | |
| Government | 42.0% (650) |
| Nursing Home | 41.0% (633) |
| Residents/Families | 12.0% (194) |
| Community | 5.0% (84) |
| Geographic Focus | |
| National | 34.0% (530) |
| State | 34.0% (538) |
| Local | 32.0% (494) |
| Volume | |
| Newspaper | |
| Los Angeles Times | 41.6% (649) |
| Washington Post | 7.3% (114) |
| Chicago Tribune | 17.2% (268) |
| New York Times | 34.0% (531) |
| Year | |
| 1999 | 18.8% (295) |
| 2000 | 16.5% (256) |
| 2001 | 8.9% (139) |
| 2002 | 7.3% (114) |
| 2003 | 8.8% (138) |
| 2004 | 6.8% (106) |
| 2005 | 12.3% (192) |
| 2006 | 7.4% (116) |
| 2007 | 7.2 % (113) |
| 2008 | 6.0% (94) |
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Mean (Standard Deviation)