Kiwanis Club of Omaha Westside

Why did you join Kiwanis? Respondents could select more than one answer

• Local service 28.6%
• Friends 29%
• Networking 16.7% Members 18 to 54 years old value networking higher than do members 55 years and older, who rank friends as their most important reason for joining.
• International service 1.5%
• Kiwanis reputation 16%
• Other 8.2%

What do you like best about the Kiwanis experience? Members responded in the the order listed.

• Fellowship
• Local service
• Meetings
• Travel opportunities
• Being a member of an international organization

What do you do?

• Retired 31.9%
• Professional/Technical 16%
• Self-employed 11.2%
• Upper management 11.2%
• Sales and marketing 7.7%
• Middle management 6.5%
• Clerical/Administrative 4.1%
• Homemaker 1.7%
• Craftsman/Blue collar 0.8%
• Military 0.3%
• Student 0.2%

Your generation?

• 75 years or older 11.3%
• 65 to 74 years old 18.7%
• 55 to 64 years old 22.8%
• 45 to 54 years old 24.7%
• 35 to 44 years old 14.9%
• 25 to 34 years old 6.9%
• 18 to 24 years old 0.7%

Who are you, Kiwanians? Out of 100 Kiwanians

• Born after 1969 - 8
• Women 19
• Friend ask me to join 29
• Self-employed 11
• Income less than $25K - 4

Data abstracted from KIWANIS magazine March 2003 Volume 88 Number 3 survey of members of Kiwanis International