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The highest rated aspects of care giving were availability of quality child care and a place that meets the
needs of the elderly. Improvements were seen in all aspects of care giving from the 2011 survey, although
this was not statistically significant for “a place that meets the needs of the elderly.” All “aspects of care
giving” varied by county of residence. Most aspects were rated higher by La Crosse and Houston County
respondents and rated lower by Monroe, Trempealeau, or Vernon County respondents. See In-Depth
Analysis for more detail. Availability of quality child care varied significantly by county, with Trempealeau
County respondents rating it the lowest, but ability to pay for child care was rated consistently across
counties. See Figure 15.

Figure 15: Ratings of Child Care by County

3.0 2.96 2.90 2.90 2.71
2.53 2.41 2.34 2.42
2.53 La Crosse
Monroe
2.5 2.23 Trempealeau
Vernon
2.0 Houston

1.5
1.0

0.5

0.0 Availability of quality child care Ability to pay for child care

Aspects of care giving by demographic characteristics 1 | APPENDIX

See In-Depth Analysis for more detail.

Gender: Aspects of caregiving were rated similarly by male and female respondents, except for “the
community as a place that meets the needs of the elderly.” More males rated this as excellent (25%)
compared to females (16%).

Age: There were no differences in ratings of aspects of caregiving in the community by age.

Education: Those with a high school diploma or less were more likely to rate as excellent their community
as a place that meets the needs of the elderly. Those with less education were also more likely to rate as
excellent help to stay in the home. Those with less education were more likely to rate as excellent their
community as a place that meets the needs of persons with disabilities. Finally, those with a high school
diploma or less education were more likely to rate as excellent efforts to prevent abuse or neglect; they were,
however, also more likely to say this was fair or poor.

Income: Aspects of caregiving varied significantly by household income. Those earning less than $25,000
were more likely to rate fair or poor ability to pay for child care, a place that meets the needs of the elderly,
access to help to stay in the home, and a place that meets the needs of persons with disabilities. Those
earning $25,000-75,000 were more likely to rate fair or poor availability of quality child care and ability to
pay for child care.

Race: There were no differences between white and non-white respondent ratings for any of the aspects of
caregiving.

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