Table 3.
Mean (and Standard Deviation) for Neighborhood Social Context Scales and Scale Items
| Age-eligible Wave 2 respondentsa | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | |
| Neighborhood social cohesion scale (item response categories: 1 = strongly agree, 2 = agree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = disagree, 5 = strongly disagree) | 3.507 (.576) | 3.464 (.553) |
| This is a close-knit areab | 3.200 (.918) | 3.132 (.925) |
| People around here are willing to help their neighborsb | 3.794 (.816) | 3.763 (.766) |
| People in this area generally don't get along with each other | 3.658 (.888) | 3.620 (.865) |
| People in this area don't share the same values | 3.197 (.871) | 3.128 (.870) |
| People in this area can be trustedb | 3.686 (.797) | 3.679 (.794) |
| Respondents with valid data on all scale items | n = 1,411 | n = 1,280 |
| Neighborhood social ties scale (item response categories: 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often) | 3.544 (.754) | 3.489 (.678) |
| How often do you and people in this area visit in each other's homes or when you meet on the street? | 3.757 (.946) | 3.672 (.902) |
| How often do you and other people in this area do favors for each other? | 3.908 (.859) | 3.923 (.789) |
| How often do you and other people in this area ask each other for advice about personal things? | 2.968 (.928) | 2.873 (.820) |
| Respondents with valid data on all scale items | n = 1,450 | n = 1,297 |
| Perceived neighborhood danger scale (item response categories: 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree) | 2.497 (.894) | 2.368 (.935) |
| Many people in this area are afraid to go out at night | 2.578 (.986) | 2.403 (1.002) |
| There are places in this area where everyone knows “trouble” is expected | 2.411 (1.095) | 2.405 (1.149) |
| You're taking a big chance if you walk in this area alone after dark | 2.501 (1.079) | 2.296 (1.117) |
| Respondents with valid data on all scale items | n = 1,417 | n = 1,285 |
Note. Values in bold represent the overall means and standard deviations for the three scales (social cohesion scale, social ties scale, and perceived neighborhood disorder scale).a N’s for each scale exclude respondents who did not return the leave-behind questionnaire or having missing data on at least one scale item.
bItem is reverse coded so that higher values indicate greater neighborhood social cohesion.