Table 1.
Prevalence of Nighttime NIfETy Items and Tetrachoric Correlations
| Wave 1 (%) | Wave 3 (%)) | rϕ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Adults Present | 38.4 | 33.3 | .30* |
| Sitting on Steps/Loitering | 20.0 | 14.3 | .20* |
| Monitoring Youth | 5.2 | 4.3 | .42* |
| Positive Human Interaction | 15.5 | 7.2 | .33* |
| Number of Youth/Unsupervised Youth | 10.8 | 12.1 | .07 |
| Youth Playing | 4.5 | 2.7 | .14 |
| Youth In Transit | 7.2 | 4.5 | −.08 |
| Sitting in Group | 5.8 | 4.5 | −.03 |
| Noisy | 15.3 | 13.4 | .20 |
| Homeless People | 0.9 | 0.7 | −1.00 |
| People Yelling | 6.7 | 4.7 | .24 |
| People Swearing | 4.3 | 2.0 | −1.00 |
| People in Physical Fights | 0.4 | 0.0 | -- |
| People Loitering | 4.5 | 4.0 | .05 |
| Intoxicated People In Streets | 2.0 | 2.5 | −1.00 |
| Evidence of Prostitution | 0.7 | 0.4 | −1.00 |
| People Consuming Alcohol | 3.6 | 4.0 | −1.00 |
| People Using Drugs | 1.8 | 0.0 | -- |
| Obvious Signs of Drug Selling | 2.9 | 0.7 | −1.00 |
*
p < 0.05 for tetrachoric correlation assessing test re-test reliability
-- indicates no variance for Wave 1 and/or Wave 3