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Appendix D: Social Capital, Civic Engagement, and Social Cohesion Content of U.S. Surveys
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From page 151... ... In that chapter, the panel recommends a systematic review of the content of, and overlap in, federal surveys in areas related to social capital measurement. The following table provides additional details to Table 4-1 in Chapter 4. Read the entire page →
From page 152... ... ✓ ✓ contact generic with local politicians Read the entire page →
From page 153... ... APPENDIX D 153 Trust/ Confidence (e.g., in neighbors, Contact with government, Friends, law Organizational Family, Neighborhood enforcement, Membership Neighbors, Characteristics/ corporations, Fairness, and/or and Sense of schools, Polarization, and Participation Networks Community media) Integration ✓ ✓ union cohabitation membership ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ perceived trust in law safety of enforcement neighborhood ✓ religious services, amount of time spent with other people, caring for children/ elderly ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ opinion of neighbors neighborhood neighborhood cohesion continued Read the entire page →
From page 154... ... Questionnaire Content Other Political Charitable Survey Voting Engagement Volunteering Giving HRS ✓ NLSY97 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ interest in volunteer government activities and public affairs/social activism activities, attendance at meeting or event for a political, environmental, or community group NLSY79 ✓ ✓ ✓ political volunteerism/ recently attitudes philanthropy introduced NLSY79 Child & ✓ ✓ Young Adult political full range attitudes and behaviors NLS Sample Adult ✓ Core Read the entire page →
From page 155... ... APPENDIX D 155 Trust/ Confidence (e.g., in neighbors, Contact with government, Friends, law Organizational Family, Neighborhood enforcement, Membership Neighbors, Characteristics/ corporations, Fairness, and/or and Sense of schools, Polarization, and Participation Networks Community media) Integration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ frequency/ safety, friends, attitudinal duration of cleanliness neighbors contact with children, friends, neighbors, care of grandchildren ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ frequency/ perception of opinions on importance of criminal justice government family events system responsibility and holidays; frequency of contact between parents, level of friendliness and hostility ✓ ✓ religious attitudinal affiliation, frequency of attendance ✓ ✓ religious extent of affiliation, neighborhood frequency of problems/ attendance characteristics ✓ ✓ neighbors continued Read the entire page →
From page 156... ... Questionnaire Content Other Political Charitable Survey Voting Engagement Volunteering Giving PSID ✓ PSID Disability and Use of Time Supplement PSID Transition ✓ ✓ ✓ into Adulthood Supplement GSS 2012 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ basic extent of blood political donation, engagement money to and homeless, knowledge, charity, issue protest based involvement Read the entire page →
From page 157... ... , workplace fairness, helping strangers, importance of religious/ ethnic customs, educational and health opportunities continued Read the entire page →
From page 158... ... Questionnaire Content Other Political Charitable Survey Voting Engagement Volunteering Giving ANES pre-election ✓ ✓ ✓ political engagement with news from TV/ Internet/ newspaper, social media, blogs Read the entire page →
From page 159... ... APPENDIX D 159 Trust/ Confidence (e.g., in neighbors, Contact with government, Friends, law Organizational Family, Neighborhood enforcement, Membership Neighbors, Characteristics/ corporations, Fairness, and/or and Sense of schools, Polarization, and Participation Networks Community media) Integration ✓ ✓ ✓ political party, trust in elected attitudes about religion officials, parties, political parties/ general role of government/ government, economy, other people polarization, income gap, fairness of political contributions continued Read the entire page →
From page 160... ... Questionnaire Content Other Political Charitable Survey Voting Engagement Volunteering Giving ANES post-election ✓ ✓ ✓ engagement candidates with or parties, campaign religious, coverage/ school, or candidates/ issue-based speeches; donations visit candidate's Website; meeting or rally participation, past protest involvement, signed petitions, social media, contact representatives Read the entire page →
From page 161... ... new lifestyles, fairness of voting and press, discrimination v. women, affirmative action, equality, satisfaction with democracy, feel threatened by federal government, bilingual capabilities, feelings/ sentiments toward ethnic groups, income inequality, discrimination continued Read the entire page →
From page 162... ... Questionnaire Content Other Political Charitable Survey Voting Engagement Volunteering Giving SCCBS 2000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ interest in donated politics/ blood, national amount to affairs, attend religious/ rallies/ nonreligious protests, organizations reform movements, online chats/ forums, town meetings Read the entire page →
From page 163... ... APPENDIX D 163 Trust/ Confidence (e.g., in neighbors, Contact with government, Friends, law Organizational Family, Neighborhood enforcement, Membership Neighbors, Characteristics/ corporations, Fairness, and/or and Sense of schools, Polarization, and Participation Networks Community media) Integration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ religious sense of sense of trust in racial tolerance affiliation, community/ community/ neighbors, in marriage/ attendance, belonging, belonging, coworkers, friends adult/youth number of frequency of media, local sports w/ close friends, interaction businesses/ frequency, frequency w/neighbors, police, various school service, of group trustworthiness, races, local/ vets groups, activities, satisfaction, national neighborhood visiting civic power, government associations, family/ obstacles to social welfare friends, involvement, organizations, socialize with attend union, trade neighbors/ community associations, coworkers events fraternal/ ethnic organizations, PACS, hobby club, officer status, ethnic/ gender makeup continued Read the entire page →
From page 164... ... Questionnaire Content Other Political Charitable Survey Voting Engagement Volunteering Giving SCCS 2006 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ interest in donated politics/ blood, national amount to affairs, attend religious and rallies/ nonreligious protests organizations Read the entire page →
From page 165... ... APPENDIX D 165 Trust/ Confidence (e.g., in neighbors, Contact with government, Friends, law Organizational Family, Neighborhood enforcement, Membership Neighbors, Characteristics/ corporations, Fairness, and/or and Sense of schools, Polarization, and Participation Networks Community media) Integration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ religious sense of self sense of self trust in budget priorities, affiliations with regard with regard neighbors/ Hurricane attendance; to town, to town, strangers, Katrina-related adult/youth "Americanness", "Americanness", coworkers, questions about sports w/ tenure in frequency of media, local evacuees, racial frequency; community/ interaction businesses/ tolerance in school service; likely to with neighbors, police, various marriage/friends veterans stay; racial trustworthiness, races, local/ groups; makeup of satisfaction, national neighborhood social network; civic power, government, associations; frequency racial will you social welfare of group tolerance, be victim organizations; activities; attend at of a crime, union/trade visiting community "hot/cold" associations; family/friends; events questions, fraternal/ socialize with ethnic groups/ ethnic neighbors/ economic organizations; coworkers status PACS; hobby club continued Read the entire page →
From page 166... ... AHS, American Housing Survey, (NCSM, Neighborhood Social Capital Module) ; ANES, American National Election Studies; ATUS, American Time Use Survey; GSS, General Social Survey; NHES, National Household Education Surveys Program; NCVS, National Crime Victimization Survey; NLSY79, National Longitudinal Surveys [1979 wave] Read the entire page →
From page 167... ... APPENDIX D 167 Trust/ Confidence (e.g., in neighbors, Contact with government, Friends, law Organizational Family, Neighborhood enforcement, Membership Neighbors, Characteristics/ corporations, Fairness, and/or and Sense of schools, Polarization, and Participation Networks Community media) Integration ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ religious unorganized confidence government membership, volunteering, in charitable responsibility service friends/family/ organizations, for citizens, organizations neighbors/ political parties, government strangers; proxy congress, should give questions for organization to faith-based family members labor, groups corporations, media, Web, federal/ state/local government, religions; general trust Read the entire page →

From page 151...

... In that chapter, the panel recommends a systematic review of the content of, and overlap in, federal surveys in areas related to social capital measurement. The following table provides additional details to Table 4-1 in Chapter 4.

Appendix D: Social Capital, Civic Engagement, and Social Cohesion Content of U.S. Surveys Pages 151-168

Appendix D: Social Capital, Civic Engagement, and Social Cohesion Content of U.S. Surveys
Pages 151-168