nbrsnci_dv

Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument, short (α= .88)

Neighbourhood Cohesion. Adapted from Buckners Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument. Computed as the mean reverse-coded response (rounded to 1-decimal point) to the origin variables. Higher values represent greater cohesion, ranging from 1 “lowest cohesion” to 5 “highest cohesion”. Note that Understanding Society includes only 1 of 3 items measuring attraction to the neighbourhood (scopngbhf), 3 out of 6 items measuring neighbouring (scopngbhd, scopngbhc, scopngbhh) and 4 out of 9 items measuring psychological sense of community (scopngbhg, scopngbha, scopngbb, scopngbhe). To ensure a good representation of all three domains in the summary score, the derived variable is set to -9 “missing” if there was an item non-response for more than half the input variables in any of the three domains. Cronbachs Alpha is reported in the variable label. For more information see Buckner, J.C. The development of an instrument to measure neighborhood cohesion. Am J Commun Psychol 16, 771–791 (1988). Refer to the syntax file nbrsnci_dv.do for the code to create the neighbourhood social cohesion derived variable.

See nbrcoh_dv and nbrcohdk_dv

Uses scopngbha, scopngbhb, scopngbhc, scopngbhd, scopngbhe, scopngbhf, scopngbhg and scopngbhh.

Datafile

• indresp

Index terms

• Derived Variables
• Neighbourhood and Residence
• Opinions and Attitudes
• Social Support Networks
• Values, Opinions and Attitudes

Derived variable note:

Neighbourhood Cohesion. Adapted from Buckners Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument. Computed as the mean reverse-coded response (rounded to 1-decimal point) to the origin variables. Higher values represent greater cohesion, ranging from 1 "lowest cohesion" to 5 "highest cohesion". Note that Understanding Society includes only 1 of 3 items measuring attraction to the neighbourhood (scopngbhf), 3 out of 6 items measuring neighbouring (scopngbhd, scopngbhc, scopngbhh) and 4 out of 9 items measuring psychological sense of community (scopngbhg, scopngbha, scopngbb, scopngbhe). To ensure a good representation of all three domains in the summary score, the derived variable is set to -9 "missing" if there was an item non-response for more than half the input variables in any of the three domains. Cronbachs Alpha is reported in the variable label. For more information see Buckner, J.C. The development of an instrument to measure neighborhood cohesion. Am J Commun Psychol 16, 771–791 (1988). Refer to the syntax file nbrsnci_dv.do for the code to create the neighbourhood social cohesion derived variable.

See nbrcoh_dv and nbrcohdk_dv

Uses scopngbha, scopngbhb, scopngbhc, scopngbhd, scopngbhe, scopngbhf, scopngbhg and scopngbhh.

Derived variable note:

Uses SCOPNGBHF SCOPNGBHD SCOPNGBHC SCOPNGBHH SCOPNGBHG SCOPNGBHA SCOPNGBHB SCOPNGBHE/