Table 1.

Summary statistics for neighborhood social integration scales.

	Mean	SD
Social support (α=.78)*	4.09	0.86
How often do you have … (1=none of the time, 2=a little of the time, 3=some of the time, 4=most of the time, and 5=all of the time)**
Someone to confide in or talk to about yourself or your problems.
Someone to take you to the doctor if you had to go?
Someone to help you with your daily chores if you were sick?
Someone to loan you a small amount of money if you needed it?
Social ties (α=.35)	2.63	0.99
How many… (1=none, 2=one or two, 3=three to five, 4=six to nine, 5=ten or more)**
Of your relatives or in-laws live in your neighborhood?
Friends do you have who live in your neighborhood?
Social cohesion (α=.80)	3.05	0.52
Do you (1=disagree strongly, 2=disagree somewhat, 3=agree somewhat, 4=agree strongly)** that …
This is a close-knit neighborhood
People around here are willing to help their neighbors
People in this neighborhood generally get along with each other
People in this neighborhood can be trusted
People in this neighborhood share the same values
Reciprocal exchange (α=.80)	2.85	0.76
How often do you and your neighbors … (1=never, 2=rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often)**
Do favors for each other?
Watch over their property when a neighbor is not at home or on vacation?
Ask each other advice about personal things?
Have get-togethers where neighbors are invited?
Visit in each other’s homes or on the street?

^*Cronbach’s alpha.

^**All items were reverse-coded from original questionnaire coding prior to index construction.