SECTION N: NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY, SOCIETY
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Time
N1. How many times did you move before you started elementary school, that is until you were ? , that is until you were about 6? |
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N2. How many times did you move when you were in elementary school, that is between the ages of about 6-12? |
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# OF TIMES |
N3. How many times did you move when you were in middle and high school, that is between the ages of about 13-18? |
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# OF TIMES |
N4. How many times have you moved since the age of 18? |
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# OF TIMES |
N5. The next questions are about where you stay now. Thinking about an average week in the last month, how many places have you stayed overnight? |
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# OF PLACES |
N6a. |
PLACE #01 |
PLACE #02 |
PLACE #03 |
Thinking of the places you’ve stayed most often this month, whose place is this?
PROBE: What is their relationship to you? IF RESPONSE IS MOTHER OR FATHER, PROBE: Would that be biological, adoptive, or foster (mother/father)? IF RESPONSE IS SISTER OR BROTHER, PROBE: Would that be full, half, step, foster, or adoptive (sister/brother)? IF RESPONSE IS GRANDMOTHER OR GRANDFATHER, PROBE: Would that be maternal or paternal (grandmother/ grandfather)? |
MOTHER (BIOLOGICAL) 01
FATHER (BIOLOGICAL) 02 STEP-MOTHER 03 STEP-FATHER 04 ADOPTIVE MOTHER 05 ADOPTIVE FATHER 06 FOSTER MOTHER 07 FOSTER FATHER 08 FULL SISTER 09 FULL BROTHER 10 HALF SISTER 11 HALF BROTHER 12 STEP SISTER 13 STEP BROTHER 14 FOSTER SISTER 15 FOSTER BROTHER 16 ADOPTIVE SISTER 17 ADOPTIVE BROTHER 18 AUNT 19 UNCLE 20 MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER 21 MATERNAL GRANDFATHER 22 PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER 23 PATERNAL GRANDFATHER 24 COUSIN 25 GIRLFRIEND 26 BOYFRIEND 27 SPOUSE 28 BABYSITTER 29 SON 30 DAUGHTER 31 SELF 32 FRIEND 33 ROOMMATE 34 PARENTS 35 OTHER BLOOD RELATIVE 36 SPECIFY:_________________ _________________OTHER NON-RELATIVE 37 SPECIFY:_________________ _________________ |
MOTHER (BIOLOGICAL) 01
FATHER (BIOLOGICAL) 02 STEP-MOTHER 03 STEP-FATHER 04 ADOPTIVE MOTHER 05 ADOPTIVE FATHER 06 FOSTER MOTHER 07 FOSTER FATHER 08 FULL SISTER 09 FULL BROTHER 10 HALF SISTER 11 HALF BROTHER 12 STEP SISTER 13 STEP BROTHER 14 FOSTER SISTER 15 FOSTER BROTHER 16 ADOPTIVE SISTER 17 ADOPTIVE BROTHER 18 AUNT 19 UNCLE 20 MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER 21 MATERNAL GRANDFATHER 22 PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER 23 PATERNAL GRANDFATHER 24 COUSIN 25 GIRLFRIEND 26 BOYFRIEND 27 SPOUSE 28 BABYSITTER 29 SON 30 DAUGHTER 31 SELF 32 FRIEND 33 ROOMMATE 34 PARENTS 35 OTHER BLOOD RELATIVE 36 SPECIFY:_________________ _________________OTHER NON-RELATIVE 37 SPECIFY:_________________ _________________ |
MOTHER (BIOLOGICAL) 01
FATHER (BIOLOGICAL) 02 STEP-MOTHER 03 STEP-FATHER 04 ADOPTIVE MOTHER 05 ADOPTIVE FATHER 06 FOSTER MOTHER 07 FOSTER FATHER 08 FULL SISTER 09 FULL BROTHER 10 HALF SISTER 11 HALF BROTHER 12 STEP SISTER 13 STEP BROTHER 14 FOSTER SISTER 15 FOSTER BROTHER 16 ADOPTIVE SISTER 17 ADOPTIVE BROTHER 18 AUNT 19 UNCLE 20 MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER 21 MATERNAL GRANDFATHER 22 PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER 23 PATERNAL GRANDFATHER 24 COUSIN 25 GIRLFRIEND 26 BOYFRIEND 27 SPOUSE 28 BABYSITTER 29 SON 30 DAUGHTER 31 SELF 32 FRIEND 33 ROOMMATE 34 PARENTS 35 OTHER BLOOD RELATIVE 36 SPECIFY:_________________ _________________OTHER NON-RELATIVE 37 SPECIFY:_________________ _________________ |
N6b. How many nights in an average week do you spend here? |
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I’m going to read a list of other places you might have stayed. When I’m done, I’d like you to tell me how many times you spent a night in any of the following places because you had no place to go?
N8. How many times have you ever spent a night in a shelter, or in a public place like a train or bus station, a restaurant, or an office building, or in an abandoned building, or in a car, truck, or van, or outside in a park, on the street, under a bridge, or on a rooftop, or in the home of someone you didn’t know, or in a bus, on the subway, or some other public lace underground, or in a hotel room or some other place that you rented with friends? |
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# OF TIMES IF NONE CODE 99 IN a AND b, GO TO N11 |
N8a. How old were you the first time you spent a night in one of these places? |
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YEARS |
N8b. How old were you the last time you spent a night in one of these places? |
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YEARS |
N11. The next set of questions is about your neighborhood. I would like to know about the neighborhood that you currently consider to be home. Please think about that neighborhood when answering the next questions.
First, who lives in your neighborhood? Would you say... |
Mostly Blacks or African Americans 01
mostly Whites or Euro Americans 02 mostly Asians or Pacific Islanders 03 mostly Native Americans 04 mostly Latinos 05 mixture Blacks and Whites 06 mixture Blacks and Latinos 07 or mixture Whites and Latinos 08 |
The following statements are about neighborhoods. Please tell me how much you think each statement describes the neighborhood where you live.
NOT AT ALL |
VERY LITTLE |
A LITTLE |
SOME-WHAT |
PRETTY MUCH |
VERY MUCH |
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N13. There are plenty of safe places to walk or spend time outdoors in my neighborhood. Would you say that statement describes your neighborhood not at all, very little, a little, somewhat, pretty much, or very much? |
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N14. Every few weeks, some kid in my neighborhood gets beat-up or mugged. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N15. Every few weeks, some adult gets beat-up or mugged in my neighborhood. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N16. In my neighborhood, I see signs of racism and prejudice at least once a week. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N17. In my neighborhood, many yards and alleys have broken bottles and trash lying around. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N18. I have seen people using or selling drugs in my neighborhood. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N19. In the morning or later in the day, I often see drunk people on the street in my neighborhood. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N20. Most adults in my neighborhood respect the law. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N21. There are abandoned or boarded-up buildings in my neighborhood. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N22. I feel safe when I walk around my neighborhood by myself during the day. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N23. The people who live in my neighborhood often damage or steal each other’s property. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N24. The people who live in my neighborhood always take care of each other and protect each other from crime. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N25. Almost every day I see homeless people walking or sitting around in my neighborhood. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N26. I feel safe when I walk around my neighborhood by myself at night. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N27. In my neighborhood, the people with the most money are the drug dealers. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N28. In my neighborhood, there are a lot of poor people who don’t have enough money for food and basic needs. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N29. For many people in my neighborhood, going to church on Sunday or religious days is a very important activity. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N30. The people who live in my neighborhood are the best people in the world. PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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These next questions are about violent things that may have happened at home, school, or in your neighborhood.
Some questions are about violence that you saw happening to someone else. This means that you were there and saw it happening in real life. Other questions ask about violence that really happened to you.
These first questions ask about violence against someone else. It could have happened to someone you know or to a stranger that you did not know.
Never |
One time |
A few times |
Some-times |
Many times |
Every day |
N/A |
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N31. How many times have you ever seen someone being chased or threatened? Would you say . . . INTERVIEWER: IF NEVER, CODE 9 IN a. PROBE: Being chased or threatened means having somebody come after or want to badly or seriously hurt your body. |
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N31a. In the last year, how many times have you seen someone being chased or threatened? PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N32. How many times have you ever seen someone being beaten up, robbed or mugged? Would you say . . . INTERVIEWER: IF NEVER, CODE 9 IN a. PROBE: Being robbed or mugged means somebody took your things from you by force. |
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N32a. In the last year, how many times have you seen someone being beaten up, robbed or mugged? PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N33. How many times have you ever seen someone being shot, stabbed, or killed? Would you say . . . INTERVIEWER: IF NEVER, CODE 9 IN a. PROBE: Being shot or stabbed means being hit with a bullet from a gun or badly hurt with a knife. |
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N33a. In the last year, how many times have you seen someone being shot, stabbed, or killed? PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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The next questions ask about violence that has happened to you.
Never |
One time |
A few times |
Some-times |
Many times |
Every day |
N/A |
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N34. In the last year, how many times have you been chased or threatened? PROBE: Being chased or threatened means having somebody come after or want to badly or seriously hurt your body. |
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N34a. In the last year, how many times have you been chased or threatened? PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N35. How many times have you ever been beaten up, robbed, or mugged? INTERVIEWER: IF NEVER, CODE 9 IN a. PROBE: Being robbed or mugged means somebody took your things from you by force. |
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N35a. In the last year, how many times have you been beaten up, robbed or mugged? PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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N36. How many times have you ever been shot or stabbed? INTERVIEWER: IF NEVER, CODE 9 IN a. PROBE: Being shot or stabbed means being hit with a bullet from a gun or badly hurt with a knife. |
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N36a. In the last year, how many times have you been shot or stabbed? PROBE: READ CATEGORIES IF NECESSARY |
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