Table 1.
Surveys and Measurements Used in the Building Wealth and Health Network Randomized Controlled Trial Survey
| Measurements | Scales | References | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics and socio-economic status | |||
| Demographics | Gender, age, residential zip code, immigration status, race and ethnicity, marital status, sexual orientation, educational levels | N/A | Baseline only |
| Current employment | Self-report whether currently working | N/A | Baseline/follow-up |
| Career Readiness | |||
| Learning Needsa | Washington State Learning Needs Screening Tool 13-item survey | Washington State Division of Employment and Social Services, 1997 [111] | Baseline only |
| Employment Hope | Derived from the Employment Hope Scale 9-item survey | Hong, et al. 2013 [72, 73] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Self-Efficacy | General Self-Efficacy Scale 10-item survey | Schwarzer, et al. 1995 [74] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Family economic hardship | |||
| Food Insecurity | U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module | Bickel, et al., 2000 [75, 76] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Energy Insecurity | Derived from Children’s HealthWatch Survey | Cook, et al. 2008 [1] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Housing Insecurity | Derived from Children’s HealthWatch Survey | Cutts, et al. 2011 [77] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Financial Behavior | |||
| Financial capabilitya | Financial Capability Scale, Developed at University of Wisconsin Center for Financial Security | Collins, et al. 2013 [112] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Financial Behavior, Knowledge, and Self-efficacya | 4-section, 28-item survey | Danes, et al. 1999 [113] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Entrepreneurship and Savvya | 16-item survey question developed by Network study group | N/A | Baseline/follow-up |
| Physical and mental health related questions | |||
| Adult’s Health | |||
| Caregiver’s General Health | Self-rated physical health, self-rated physical health compared to the previous 3 months | N/A | Baseline/follow-up |
| Depression | 10-item short version of CES-D scale | Radloff, et al., 1977 [80, 81, 82] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Substance Use | Alcohol abuse questions derived from Audit-C, drug abuse questions derived from DAST-10 screening test | Babor, et al. 2002 [114], Skinner, et al. [115] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Youngest Child’s Health | |||
| Caregiver report of child’s health history | Derived from NHANES III survey | National Center for Health Statistics, 1990 [97] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Child Development | Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status survey | Glascoe, 1998 [84] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Exposure to Adversity and Violence | |||
| Interaction with criminal justice | 8-item survey | Brooks-Gunn, et al. 2011 [116, 81] | Baseline only |
| Exposure to community violence | Survey of Exposure to Community Violence 14-item survey | Richters, et al. 1990 [90] | Baseline only |
| Childhood adversity | Adverse Childhood Experiences 10-item survey | Felitti, et al. 1998 [89] | Baseline only |
| Social connection | |||
| Social Supporta | Social Support Network Scale 12-item survey | Block, et al. 2000 [117] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Social Capitala | Modified from Internet Social Capital Scales 20-item survey question | Williams, D. 2006 [118] | Baseline/follow-up |
| Program Evaluation | |||
| Network Satisfaction | 7-item survey developed by Network study group | N/A | Follow-up only |
aNot included in this report on baseline outcomes