Community Indicators Survey 1999: Cumulative

Produced By: Princeton Survey Research Associates, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Survey Research Associates

Funding Agency/Sponsor: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Author: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Abstract (CPANDA): This cumulative file contains the data from one national and 26 local surveys conducted in 1999 as part of the Knight Foundation's Community Indicators Project. The surveys measured civic engagement and attitudes concerning seven topic areas: education, arts and culture, children and social welfare, community development, homelessness, literacy, and citizenship. Questions relating specifically to arts and culture include frequency of attendance at arts events or museums, satisfaction with arts and cultural opportunities, and satisfaction with the performance of local cultural institutions. The interview protocol for each local area survey was nearly identical to the protocol for the national survey also conducted for this project. The Community Indicators Project was undertaken to document the social health of the 26 communities in which the Knight brothers published newspapers. The study was conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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Methodology (CPANDA) : Princeton Survey Research Associates conducted telephone interviews with representative samples of adults (18+) living in telephone households in the area of each individual survey's geographic coverage. The interviews were conducted from February 10 through December 01, 1999. The sample was based on random digit dialing. The results of each survey were weighted, when possible, to make the sample more representative of the population with respect to gender, age, race, and education.