Neighborhood Questionnaire
Abstract: The Neighborhood Questionnaire is a 16-item measure that assesses a parent's satisfaction with the family's neighborhood. The questionnaire explores sociability in the neighborhood, the neighborhood's stability, the quality of public services (police, schools, transportation, garbage collection), neighborhood safety, the incidence of violent crime, drug traffic in the neighborhood, the parent's involvement with neighbors, and the parent's participation in neighborhood organizations. Responses include three-point, four-point, five-point, six-point, and dichotomous scales. One item has nine response choices. Items ask about satisfaction level, quality, duration, quantity, level of involvement, and frequency. Three items are yes/no questions. This measure has three subscales: the Neighborhood Safety Subscale (items 1, 6, 10, 11, and 12), the Neighborhood Social Involvement Subscale (items 3, 4, 5, and 13), and the Public Services Subscale (items 8 and 9). A previous analysis determined that items 2, 7, and 15 should not be included on any subscale, and that items 14 and 16, which are dichotomous, should also be excluded from the subscales. The ordering of responses in items 10 and 11 was reversed before scoring. Raw scores for items 1 to 13 were converted to a ten-point scale. T-tests of means for three subscales and two independent items (2 and 7) do not show a significant difference between the normative and the high-risk control groups. Analysts should also be aware that items on the Neighborhood Questionnaire contain several different response scales and response metrics. Additionally, item and subscale intercorrelations are modest.
Who Completed this Measure?: Parent
Cohort 1 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
- Year 08 | grade 7 | age 13
- Year 09 | grade 8 | age 14
- Year 11 | grade 10 | age 16
- Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17
Cohort 2 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
- Year 08 | grade 7 | age 13
- Year 09 | grade 8 | age 14
- Year 11 | grade 10 | age 16
- Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17
Cohort 3 - Administrative History
- Year 01 | K | age 6
- Year 02 | grade 1 | age 7
- Year 03 | grade 2 | age 8
- Year 08 | grade 7 | age 13
- Year 09 | grade 8 | age 14
- Year 11 | grade 10 | age 16
- Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17
Technical Reports:
Raw Dataset Name: PyG
Scored Dataset Name: NHQy
Keywords:
Community Relations, Involvement, Neighborhood Characteristics, Participation, Safety, Services
Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: Yes
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Measure Items and Scales:
| COHORT | Cohort |
| SITECODE | Actual Code Number on Form |
| TCID | Child's ID Number |
| YEAR | Year of Participation |
| RESP | Respondent Code |
| PARTNER | Had a partner in the last year |
| SITE | Study Site |
| P3GNQ1 | In general, how do you feel about this neighborhood? |
| P3GNQ2 | How long have most of the people in this neighborhood lived here? |
| P3GNQ3 | Which best describes neighborhood? (Most don't talk or visit, Some talk or visit, Most talk or visit) |
| P3GNQ4 | How many of your neighbors do you know well enough to visit or call on? |
| P3GNQ5 | How often do you get together with any of your neighbors--either visiting at each other's house or going places together? |
| P3GNQ6 | How satisfied are you with the police protections here? |
| P3GNQ7 | How satisfied are you with the garbage collections around here? |
| P3GNQ8 | How satisfied are you with the schools around here? |
| P3GNQ9 | How satisfied are you with the public transportation around here? |
| P3GNQ10 | How often are there problems with muggings, burglaries, assaults, or anything else like that around here? |
| P3GNQ11 | How much of a problem is the selling and using of drugs around here? |
| P3GNQ12 | How well do the police and the people in this neighborhood get along? |
| P3GNQ13 | How involved are you in your neighborhood? |
| P3GNQ14 | Are there any groups in this neighborhood--things like block clubs, community associations, social clubs, helping groups, etc |
| P3GNQ15 | How many of these groups are you involved in? |
| P3GNQ16 | Do you hold an office or post in any of these groups? |
| TREATMNT | Treatment Group (Interv/Cntl) |
| NORM | Members of Normative Sample |
| SEX | Sex |
| RACE | Race |
| FEELNEI | FEELNEI |
| LENGTH | Length of Stay item |
| TALKVIST | TALKVIST |
| KNOWWELL | KNOWWELL |
| GETTOG | GETTOG |
| COPPROT | COPPROT |
| GARBAGE | Garbage Collection item |
| SCHOOLS | SCHOOLS |
| PUBTRANS | PUBTRANS |
| MUGBURG | MUGBURG |
| SELLDRUG | SELLDRUG |
| COPRELS | COPRELS |
| INVNEIGH | INVNEIGH |
| INVGROUP | INVGROUP |
| ANYGROUP | ANYGROUP |
| ANYPOSIT | ANYPOSIT |
| p3gnqsaf | Neighborhood Safety Subscale |
| scoretheresaf | scoretheresaf |
| misssaf | misssaf |
| p3gnqsoc | Neighboorhood Social Involvement Subscale |
| scoretheresoc | scoretheresoc |
| missoc | missoc |
| p3gnqpub | Public Services Subscale |
| scoretherepub | scoretherepub |
| misspub | misspub |