Community Survey

Community Survey abstract and data files

Social Disorder

• Q29A how much of a problem is litter
• Q29B how much of a problem is graffiti
• Q29C how much of a problem are vacant areas
• Q29D how much of a problem is drinking in public
• Q29E how much of a problem is people selling or using drugs
• Q29F how much of a problem is groups hanging out causing trouble

Perceived Violence

• Q30A in past 6 months how often a fight with a weapon
• Q30B in past 6 months how often a violent argument between neighbors
• Q30C in past 6 months how often a gang fight
• Q30D in past 6 months how often a sexual assault or rape
• Q30E in past 6 months how often a robbery or mugging

Social Cohesion

• Q11B this is a close-knit neighborhood
• Q11E people are willing to help neighbors
• Q11F people don't get along
• Q11K people in neighborhood do not share same values
• Q11M people in neighborhood can be trusted

Social Control

• Q12A neighbors do something about kids skipping school
• Q12B neighbors do something about kids defacing building
• Q12C neighbors scold child not showing respect
• Q12E neighbors break up a fight in front of your house
• Q12F neighbors organize to keep a local fire station

Neighborhood Decline

• Q44A in past 5 yrs personal safety in your neighborhood has
• Q44B in past 5 yrs looks of the neighborhood have
• Q44C in past 5 yrs people living in the neighborhood have
• Q44D in past 5 yrs level of police protection in the neighborhood has

Intergenerational Closure

• Q11N parents know their children's friends
• Q11P adults know who local children are
• Q11D children look up to adults in neighborhood
• Q11T parents generally know each other
• Q11G adults watch out for children

Reciprocated Exchange

• Q18 how often do people do favors for each other
• Q21 how often do you have parties
• Q19 how often do you watch others property
• Q22 how often do visit each others homes
• Q20 how often do you ask advice of neighbors

Child-Centered Social Control

• Q12A neighbors do something about kids skipping school
• Q12B neighbors do something about kids defacing building
• Q12C neighbors scold child not showing respect

Citations

Raudenbush, Stephen W., and Robert J. Sampson. "Ecometrics: Toward a Science of Assessing Ecological Settings, with Application to the Systematic Social Observation of Neighborhoods," Sociological Methodology, Vol. 29 (1999): 1-41.

Sampson, Robert J., and Stephen W. Raudenbush. "Seeing Disorder: Neighborhood Stigma and the Social Construction of 'Broken Windows,'" Social Psychology Quarterly, Vol. 67, 4 (2004): 319-342.

Sampson, Robert J., and Stephen W. Raudenbush. "Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods," The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 105, 3 (November 1999): 603-651.

Sampson, Robert J., Jeffrey D. Morenoff, and Felton Earls. "Beyond Social Capital: Spatial Dynamics of Collective Efficacy for Children," American Sociological Review, Vol. 64, 5 (October 1999): 633-660.