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<br />. More than 80 percent of respondents strongly agree or agree that: <br />=> The YMCA offers a safe environment (88% strongly agree/agree) <br />=> The YMCA offers a variety of programs for everyone (87%) <br />=> The YMCA is a place to go for adult physical fitness (86%) <br />=> The presence of a YMCA makes a community stronger (82%) <br /> <br />. More than half disagree or strongly disagree with the following statements <br />=> The YMCA primarily serves children (64% disagree/strongly disagree) <br />:=:) I am not familiar with the YMCA (53%) <br /> <br />. A sizable percentage of respondents don't know if the YMCA is expensive (20%); only 13 <br />percent strongly agree or agree that it is expensive. <br /> <br />Other Findings <br />o Respondents who are classified as likely joiners are more likely than respondents classified <br />as non-joiners to strongly agree or agree that: <br />=> The YMCA offers a variety of programming for everyone (Joiners 96% strongly <br />agree/agree vs. Non-joiners 88% strongly agree/agree) . <br />=> The YMCA offers a safe environment (96% vs. 85%) <br />=> The YMCA is a place to go for adult physical fitness (95% vs. 85%) <br />=> The presence of a YMCA makes a community stronger (89% vs. 71%) <br /> <br />o Non-joiners are more likely than joiners to strongly agree or agree that the YMCA IS <br />expensive (29% vs. 12%, respectively). <br /> <br />~. Niebuhr &Associates, Inc. <br />2000 Hastings YMCA Study <br /> <br />8 <br />