Table 1 Five components of neighborhood social capital: overview of indicators and results of factor and reliability analyses
From: Neighborhood differences in social capital in Ghent (Belgium): a multilevel approach
Summative scale and individual items | Coding | Factor loadings (1) & Cronbach’s Alpha (2) |
|---|---|---|
Social cohesion | Â | 0.83 (2) |
1. People around here are willing to help their neighbors | Strongly Agree → Strongly Disagree** | 0.78 (1) |
2. This is a close-knit neighborhood | Strongly Agree → Strongly Disagree** | 0.71 (1) |
3. People in this neighborhood can be trusted | Strongly Agree → Strongly Disagree** | 0.69 (1) |
4. Contacts between inhabitants in this neighborhood are generally positive | Strongly Agree → Strongly Disagree** | 0.81 (1) |
Informal social control | Â | 0.87 (2) |
How likely is it that you could count on neighbors intervening when… |  |  |
1. Children were skipping school and hang out on a street corner | Very Likely → Very Unlikely** | 0.69 (1) |
2. Children were spray-painting graffiti on a local building | Very Likely → Very Unlikely** | 0.74 (1) |
3. Children were showing disrespect to an adult | Very Likely → Very Unlikely** | 0.74 (1) |
4. A fight breaks out in front of their house | Very Likely → Very Unlikely** | 0.75 (1) |
5. Children were making too much racket | Very Likely → Very Unlikely** | 0.70 (1) |
6. Children are using soft drugs (smoking weed, hasj, etc.) | Very Likely → Very Unlikely** | 0.74 (1) |
Social support | Â | 0.79 (2) |
1. People in this neighborhood give or advice to each other (emotional/informational support). | Never → Often* | 0.70 (1) |
2. People in this neighborhood give material aid and assistance to each other (tangible support) | Never → Often* | 0.80 (1) |
3. People in this neighborhood show affection for each other (affectionate support). | Never → Often* | 0.61 (1) |
4. People in this neighborhood can call on each other to do enjoyable things (positive social interaction). | Never → Often* | 0.68 (1) |
Social Leverage | Â | 0.88 (2) |
How often does it happen that people in this neighborhood give each other advice on… |  |  |
1. Child rearing | Never → Often* | 0.71 (1) |
2. Job openings | Never → Often* | 0.80 (1) |
3. Welfare and other benefits | Never → Often* | 0.77 (1) |
4. Education and courses | Never → Often* | 0.81 (1) |
5. Finances | Never → Often* | 0.74 (1) |
Generalized Trust | Â | 0.76 (2) |
Most people in this neighborhood can be trusted | 0 → 10 | 0.71 (1) |
Most people in this neighborhood would try to take advantage of you | 0 → 10 | 0.75 (1) |
Most people in this neighborhood try to be helpful | 0 → 10 | 0.68 (1) |