Table 11.

Items used in the social capital composite scale

	How common are the following things in your local neighbourhood? …	Response scales
1	Neighbours helping each other out	Never happens (1), very rare (2), not common (3), fairly common (4), very common (5)
2	Neighbours doing things together	Never happens (1), very rare (2), not common (3), fairly common (4), very common (5)
	To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about your neighbourhood? …
3	This is a close-knit neighbourhood	Strongly disagree (1) … strongly agree (7)
4	People in this neighbourhood can be trusted	Strongly disagree (1) … strongly agree (7)
5	People in this neighbourhood generally do not get along with each other (reverse coded)	Strongly disagree (1) … strongly agree (7)
6	People in this neighbourhood generally do not share the same values (reverse coded)	Strongly disagree (1) … strongly agree (7)