Table A1.
Results of factor and reliability analyses regarding scale construction for relevant indicators (Cronbach’s alpha’s in bold, factor loadings in italics).
| Summative Scale and Individual Items | Coding | Cronbach’s Alpha/Factor Loadings |
|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristics | ||
| Individual social support (individual items were on an 8-point scale) | 0.81 | |
| How many friends, family members or acquaintances | ||
| 1. understand your problems? | 0 → >10 | 0.72 |
| 2. would let you move into their house for a week if you temporarily could not stay at your house? | 0 → >10 | 0.72 |
| 3. would encourage you to go to the doctor if you experience health problems? | 0 → >10 | 0.73 |
| 4. make you feel good? (e.g., make you feel you are useful or make you feel they are glad to know you) | 0 → >10 | 0.70 |
| Neighborhood characteristics | ||
| Social trust (individual items were on an 5-point Likert scale) | 0.80 | |
| 1. People around here are willing to help their neighbors | totally disagree → totally agree | 0.76 |
| 2. This is a close-knit neighbourhood | totally disagree → totally agree | 0.76 |
| 3. People in this neighborhood can be trusted | totally disagree → totally agree | 0.62 |
| 4. Contacts between inhabitants in this neighborhood are generally positive | totally disagree → totally agree | 0.72 |
| Informal social control (individual items were on an 5-point Likert scale) | 0.84 | |
| How likely is it that you could count on neighbors intervening when … | ||
| 1. children were skipping school and hang out on a street corner | very likely → very unlikely | 0.61 |
| 2. children were spray-painting graffiti on a local building | very likely → very unlikely | 0.73 |
| 3. children were showing disrespect to an adult | very likely → very unlikely | 0.69 |
| 4. a fight breaks out in front of their house | very likely → very unlikely | 0.72 |
| 5. children were making too much racket | very likely → very unlikely | 0.72 |
| 6. children are using soft drugs (smoking weed, hasj, etc.) | very likely → very unlikely | 0.63 |
| Disorder (individual items were on an 5-point Likert scale) | 0.85 | |
| 1. Adolescents hanging around on street corners | never → very often | 0.66 |
| 2. Groups of adolescents harassing people to obtain money or goods | never → very often | 0.78 |
| 3. Men drinking alcohol in public | never → very often | 0.67 |
| 4. People selling drugs (hash, weed, etc.) on the streets | never → very often | 0.70 |
| 5. People being threatened on the streets with weapons or knives | never → very often | 0.65 |
| 6. Fights between adolescents on the streets | never → very often | 0.80 |
Cronbach’s alpha’s in bold, factor loadings in italics.