Determinants of Senior Center Attendance and Participation

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Abstract
This study determined factors associated with two major dimensions of senior center involvement ; (a) frequency and duration of attendance and (b) use of activities and services, using participants (N = 623) from 15 centers located in a county in a Midwestern state. Results of multiple regression, which controlled for the effect of centers through use of dummy variables, showed that those who felt that the meal was important to daily food intake and who lived closer to the center attended more freguently, and those who were older had attended longer. Respondents who participated in activities had higher educational levels, and those who used services were less mobile, made friends at the senior center, and had hrgher life satisfaction. The multiple regression as well as subsequent analyses, however, demonstrated that the variability among senior centers rather than participant characteristics had the larger effect on the dimensions of senior center involvement.

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