Table 1.

SCI: Factor Loadings and Component Items (n = 1,569).

	Items	Original factors	Revised factors	Factor loadings
SCI 12	I expect to live in this neighborhood for a long time.	EC	EC	0.79
SCI 10	It is very important to me to live in this particular neighborhood.	EC	EC	0.74
SCI 5	I feel at home at this neighborhood.	M	EC	0.73
SCI 1	I think my neighborhood is a good place for me to live.	NF	EC	0.68
SCI 6	Very few of my neighbors know me.	M	M		0.88
SCI 4	I can recognize most of the people who live in my neighborhood.	M	M		0.78
SCI 11	People in this neighborhood generally don’t get along with each other.	EC	M		0.50
SCI 7	I care about what my neighbors think of my actions.	I	I			0.76
SCI 8	I have almost no influence what this neighborhood is like.	I	I			0.73
SCI 2	People in this neighborhood do not share the same values.	NF	I			0.66
SCI 3	My neighbors and I want the same things from this neighborhood.	NF	NF				0.77
SCI 9	If there is a problem in this neighborhood, people who live here can get it solved.	I	NF				0.70

Note. SCI = Sense of Community Index; EC = emotional connection; M = membership; NF = needs fulfillment; I = influence.