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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Indic Res. 2018 Aug;11(4):1249–1280. doi: 10.1007/s12187-017-9469-4

Table 2:

Social Cohesion domain. Changes, additions, or subtractions in Indicators and Metrics listed by indicator with justification of reasons for change at the metric level.

Original Indicator New Indicator Original Metric New Metric Justification
Attitudes toward others Trust Dropped There is no data available to support this metric.
Attitudes toward others City Satisfaction Dropped There is no data available to support this metric.
Attitudes toward others Belonging to Community Dropped There is no data available to support this metric.
Attitudes toward others Helping others Getting along with others Data on this metric was not available for children specifically. Close match chosen.
Social Support Single parent households Added based on change in social sphere in SPH.
Social Support Adult Mentor Research based on improvement in well-being when mentor present.
Family Bonding Time spent on digital devices Added to account for online time.
Democratic Engagement School Engagement Interest in politics Chronic school absences Change in indicator to represent school as community required shift in metrics to reflect involvement in school processes.
Suspensions and expulsions
Trust in Government School achievement (college entrance exam scores) These five metrics represent concepts attached to people over 18 and cannot be used as a measure.
Registered voters
Satisfaction with democracy
Voice in democratic decisions
Voter turnout