Soul of the Community [in 26 Knight Foundation Communities in the United States], 2008-2010 (ICPSR 35532)

Version Date: May 26, 2016

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Gallup International, Inc.

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Summary

Soul of the Community was a three-year study conducted by Gallup, Inc. of the 26 Knight Foundation communities across the United States to determine the factors that attach residents to their communities and the role of community attachment in an area's economic growth and well-being. The study focused on the emotional side of the connection between residents and their communities. A random sample of at least 400 residents, aged 18 years and older, was interviewed in each community each year. In each year, oversampling obtained additional interviews in selected areas. The 2010 study also included 200 interviews among residents aged 18 to 34 in eight resident communities. Once a household within the identified area was reached, Gallup randomly selected one adult within the sampled household. Telephone interviews lasted 15 minutes (approximately 18 minutes in 2009). In 2010, the survey was available in English and Spanish, and both landlines and cell phones were called. Data include demographics, geographic information, ratings of the community, and information about the economy and work, personal wellness, and community involvement.

Citation

Gallup International, Inc. Soul of the Community [in 26 Knight Foundation Communities in the United States], 2008-2010. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-05-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35532.v2

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Funding

Knight Foundation

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

Knight Foundation community

Restrictions

Users of the data must agree to the Terms of Use presented on the NADAC Website and available through the link in each codebook.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2003-02-01 -- 2013-04-27, 2004-02-17 -- 2014-04-26, 2005-05-27 -- 2015-08-31

Date of Collection

2008-02-01 -- 2008-04-27, 2009-02-17 -- 2009-04-26, 2010-05-27 -- 2010-08-31

Data Collection Notes

  1. Gallup, Inc. conducted the survey on behalf of the Knight Foundation.

  2. This data collection was previously distributed by the Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA). The CPANDA Identification Number (study number) for the entire data collection is c00026. The CPANDA Identification number for the Soul of the Community 2008 is a00267, for the Soul of the Community 2009 is a00268, and for the Soul of the Community 2010 is a00269. CPANDA conducted the following processing steps for release of this collection: produced a codebook, checked for undocumented codes, performed consistency checks, provided frequencies, performed recodes, and reformatted the data.

  3. Users are encourage to view the Knight Soul of the Community Web site (soulofthecommunity.org) for findings by community, including publications and maps.

  4. In particular, the study in 2008 compared residents' attachment level to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the 26 communities over the past five years. From the 2010 study, researchers analyzed the connection between community attachment and economic growth and found that cities with the highest levels of attachment had the highest rate of GDP growth. Social offerings, openness and beauty are far more important than peoples' perceptions of the economy, jobs or basic services in creating a lasting emotional bond between people and their community.

  5. This collection includes Excel files produced by CPANDA, one for each year. These multiple page workbooks replicate the calculation of index variables, such as LOYALTY and PASSION. The first worksheet (a00267, a00268, a00269) is the raw data, while successive worksheets focus on an individual index variable.

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Study Purpose

Soul of the Community was a three-year study conducted by Gallup, Inc. of the 26 Knight Foundation communities across the United States to determine the factors that attach residents to their communities and the role of community attachment in an area's economic growth and well-being. The study focused on the emotional side of the connection between residents and their communities.

Study Design

A random sample of at least 400 residents, aged 18 years and older, was interviewed in each community each year. In 2008, oversampling of 1,500 respondents occurred in San Jose, Philadelphia, and Miami. In 2009, roughly 1,500 citizens were interviewed in the three communities of Akron, Charlotte, and Detroit. In 2010, over 1,000 interviews were conducted in each of eight resident communities (Akron, OH; Charlotte, NC; Detroit, MI; Macon, GA; Miami, FL; Philadelphia, PA; San Jose, CA; St. Paul, MN). The 2010 study also included 200 interviews among residents aged 18 to 34 in eight resident communities to give Gallup more information about that age group. Telephone interviews lasted 15 minutes (approximately 18 minutes in 2009). In 2010, the survey was available in English and Spanish, and both landlines and cell phones were called. Five comparison groups, as defined by variable URBAN_GR, were created among the 26 Knight Foundation communities based on their urbanicity (as defined by the US Census) and relative adult population size. The goal of creating groups is for comparisons of cities within groups, rather than across group comparisons.

Sample

The Random Digit Dialing (RDD) sample for each community was a representative selection of residential household telephone numbers in the defined area. Once a household within the identified area was reached, Gallup randomly selected one adult within the sampled household. In 2009, each county within a community was sampled proportionally to the adult population in each area.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Adults, at least 18 years of age, living in one of the twenty-six Knight Foundation communities

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

Data include demographics, such as gender, age, years in the community, household information, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, education level, and income range. Data also include geographic information, such as Knight community, county of residence, urban/suburban/rural, and urban group. Respondents also provided ratings of their community and information about the economy and work, personal wellness, and community involvement.

Response Rates

Not available.

Presence of Common Scales

None.

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Original Release Date

2014-12-11

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Gallup International, Inc. Soul of the Community [in 26 Knight Foundation Communities in the United States], 2008-2010. ICPSR35532-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2016-05-26. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35532.v2

2016-05-26 Data Lead-in documentation was added to highlight subjects and variables related to arts and culture.

2014-12-11 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created online analysis version with question text.
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Weight

For 2008, data were weighted in each community to reflect United States adult population by age, gender, race, and ethnicity. Communities were put into their correct proportion based on total adult population. For 2009, the survey data were weighted within each community to reflect the known adult population by age, gender, race, and ethnicity based on United States Census data. This type of weighting corrects for over or under representation of population groups (such as minority groups or college age adults) who may be harder to reach or participate less in sample surveys. The data across the Knight Foundation Communities were then weighted by population size to put each community into the correct proportion relative to the other communities. For 2010, each community survey was weighted to community-specific parameters for age, sex, race, ethnicity (Hispanic/non-Hispanic) and education. These weights correct for non-response and non-coverage to create unbiased, representative results. Data from the three years have the same two weight variables: CSWEIGHT should be used when analyzing data from one community, comparing results (i.e., means, percentages) across two or more communities, or when conducting inferential statistical tests (i.e., significance testing). PROJWT should be used when analyzing results for a combination or aggregation of two or more communities.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

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