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MAKING CONNECTIONS CROSS-SITE SURVEY

MAKING CONNECTIONS CROSS-SITE SURVEY. Wave 2: The Neighborhood Follow-up Survey. Two MC-SA Surveys Conducted by NORC in 2002. 821 personal interviews in San Antonio’s West Side 690 phone interviews throughout Bexar County

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MAKING CONNECTIONS CROSS-SITE SURVEY

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  1. MAKING CONNECTIONS CROSS-SITE SURVEY Wave 2: The Neighborhood Follow-up Survey

  2. Two MC-SA Surveys Conducted by NORC in 2002 • 821 personal interviews in San Antonio’s West Side • 690 phone interviews throughout Bexar County • Purpose: to identify characteristics of West Side households and children relating to core result areas and compare them with the average resident in the county. • 2002 surveys are the first in a series of periodic surveys. • Comparisons can also be made across sites in 10 cities as part of The AECF Making Connections initiative.

  3. MC Cross-Site Survey Wave 2: What’s Same, What’s New Same: • Focus on core results • Same mix of cross-site and site-specific questions New: • No county survey until wave 3 • Neighborhood sample includes movers as well as current residents • Mixed-method data collection (phone with in-person back-up)

  4. MC-SA Survey: What we need to get done in 2005 • Revise Questionnaire (with input on cross-site questions) • Finalize site-specific questions and prepare for data collection in San Antonio

  5. Revising the Survey Questionnaire: Basic Parameters • We need to be able to compare baseline data to follow-up data • We need to do the best job we can on collecting Cross-site Core Results data • Fix Problems • Fill Holes

  6. QUESTIONNAIRE REVIEW PROCESS • Feedback from users in Foundation units • Feedback from users in the sites: • Cross-site consultation with local survey analysts: Jan. 28 • Locally-Based Review Process: Feb. 28

  7. Review by Local Analysts • Based on LLP analytical experience • Four guiding questions: • What worked • What didn’t work • What’s worth fixing • What’s missing that is essential to tracking core results

  8. Next Steps February 28: • Feedback on cross-site questions from all ten sites • Site specific questions from Denver, Des Moines, Indy, San Antonio Throughout March: • Field testing of revised questionnaire • Begin planning for implementation in Denver, Des Moines, Indy, San Antonio

  9. Suggested Deletions • Draw neighborhood boundaries (not feasible in phone interviews) • 2.5, 2.6 – Best/worst thing about neighborhood • 2.8 – People come to shop/do business • 2.11 – More optimistic about neighborhood • 4.3a to 4.7d – Use of supermarket, pharmacy, bank or credit union, ATM not in a bank • 4.4e to 4.7f – Difficulty of check cashing facilities not in bank, money transfers not in bank

  10. Suggested Deletions • Religious preference • Why not attend neighborhood get-together • Eviction • Move due to non-payment • Telephone in home that works • Use computer at other location • Connect to Internet at other location • Job considered perm or temp • Chances for career advancement • EITC, CCTC

  11. Additions/Strengthening • Household composition/relationships • Economic resources • Immigrant status • School readiness • Social networks

  12. Household Composition and Relationships • Relationship of focal child to each HH member. • Relationship of each HH member to respondent. • Focal children who reached 18: Ask… • Is [FC] still living with the household? • What is the [FC] doing?

  13. Economic Resources • Change income categories: Ranges of $5K up to $100K (instead of $30K). • Amount of savings and debt: • How much do you currently owe on your home mortgage loan? • How much do you have in a savings account? • How much do you owe on your credit cards? • How much do you owe in medical debt? • Who is the PRIMARY wage earner in the household?

  14. Immigrant Status Birthplace and citizenship of the focus child: Is … a U.S. citizen? • Yes, native • Yes, foreign-born, naturalized citizen • No., foreign-born, not a naturalized citizen Legal status of adults (who are either naturalized citizens or noncitizens): When …moved to the US to live, what was …’s immigration status? • Permanent resident (had a green card) • Refugee • other Has …’s status been changed to permanent resident? (Has …received a Green Card?) • Yes • No

  15. Language Ability • Does this person speak a language other than English at home? • Yes; What is this language? (Write in.) • No • How well does this person speak English? • Very well • Well • Not well • Not at all • (Ask only if “yes” to “language other than English” AND does not speak English “very well.”): In the last 12 months did you take any English language classes?

  16. School Readiness • Where does your child spend most of his/her time when they are not with you (or other parent/caretaker) or not in school?Responses (for FC under 6): • In a Head Start or preschool program • In a child care center • In a child care home • Being cared for by another relative or friend who is paid • Being cared for by another relative or friend who is not paid. • Other

  17. Preschool Age Children ONLY of respondents w/FC age 5 or under: • Years/months of preschool • Type of preschool • Attendance at religious service with family? • Child plays with other children his/her own age: how often? • Child goes to library or other local cultural venue: how often?

  18. Health Insurance Coverage • Any time in past year FC was WITHOUT health insurance? • Number of times a child has seen the same physician.

  19. Custody, Kinship, Foster Care • FC spent any time living away? • R previously incarcerated, on parole, probation or other supervised release? • Age of FC mother when he/she was born?

  20. School Readiness • Untreated Asthma problems? • Untreated disability or developmental problem requiring special education? • Sociability: Difficulty joining other children at play? • Curiosity and eagerness to learn new things? • Stay focused and productive in play/work?

  21. Social Networks For HHs w/children (focal child section?): • People in neighborhood sometimes helped by babysitting or watching your children? How often? • Have you helped someone else? • In an emergency, could you call on someone to care for your children? • How would you go about getting information on child care?

  22. Social Networks All respondents: • Who would you ask for leads in finding a new job? (nobody, family, friends/ neighbors, co-workers, counselor) • Who would you tell about a new opening at your work? (nobody, family members, neighbors/ friends)

  23. “Bridging” Social Capital All respondents (scale of 1=“very little” to 5=“very much”): • How much can you trust: • people in your clubs, organizations, groups? • business owners you buy things from or do business with? • social service providers? • local government? Respondents with children (scale of 1=“SD” to 5=“SA”) • I can usually trust information I receive from the school to be complete and accurate. • Administrators at this school are willing to listen. • If there is a problem at school, I know whom to contact.

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