Basic Needs
ACTION for Healthy Communities — Community Assessment Report 2010
In any given month during the past year, did you have to go without basic
needs such as food, clothing, childcare, housing, or health care? (Respondents answering “Yes”) 2006
100% 68.8%
75%
2010
67.8% 53.8%
50% 25%
35.9% N=248
34.3%
N=221
32.2%
N=121 N=160
N=140
N=87
0% Dependent Adults
Homeless
Spanish-Speaking Parents
Source: ACTION for Healthy Communities, Face-to-Face Survey, 2006, and 2010.
If you had to go without basic needs, what did you go without? Response
1999
2001
2003
2006
2010
Health Care
51.3%
52.9%
61.9%
54.6%
55.1%
Food
35.9%
30.9%
35.7%
40.1%
41.6%
Clothing
12.8%
29.4%
31.0%
37.3%
30.3%
Childcare
NA
NA
7.1%
11.1%
8.5%
Housing
NA
NA
7.1%
9.9%
6.3%
Other
NA
NA
9.5%
15.9%
7.1%
Total respondents
39
77
42
61
132
NA
NA
NA
103
197
Total responses
Source: ACTION for Healthy Communities, Telephone Survey, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, and 2010.
If you had to go without basic needs, what did you go without? By Region (2010) North Coast
North County
San Luis Obispo
South County
Food
40.5%
39.6%
35.8%
49.4%
Childcare
10.4%
6.9%
6.8%
7.8%
Health Care
56.1%
58.4%
57.4%
49.3%
Clothing
27.7%
18.1%
38.7%
32.7%
Housing
1.2%
13.7%
5.1%
9.1%
Other
2.9%
9.8%
6.8%
10.1%
27
47
27
36
Total respondents
Source: ACTION for Healthy Communities, Telephone Survey, 2010.
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