Table 3.
Frequency of use of ride share services among focus group participants who had ever used ride share services, Barriers and Facilitators of Older Adults’ Use of Ride Share Services Study, 2019
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Older Adults (N = 46) |
Younger Adultsa (N = 17) |
Total (N = 63) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Once per day or nearly daily | 2 | 4.3% | 2 | 11.8% | 4 | 5.5% |
| At least once per week | 10 | 21.7% | 4 | 23.5% | 14 | 19.2% |
| At least once per month | 7 | 15.2% | 6 | 35.3% | 13 | 17.8% |
| Once every few months | 17 | 37.0% | 3 | 17.6% | 20 | 27.4% |
| Once in the last year | 3 | 6.5% | 1 | 5.9% | 4 | 5.5% |
| Once or twice ever | 3 | 6.5% | 1 | 5.9% | 4 | 5.5% |
| Otherb | 4 | 8.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 5.5% |
a
Younger adults were included as a comparison group.
b
Two older adult participants provided an exact number of times they had ever used ride share services; one older adult participant said “as needed; ” and a fourth older adult participant said “never” though they were a ride share user.