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Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey (SCCB) Name: Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey   Funder(s):

National Vital Statistics System Name: National Vital Statistics System   Funder(s): National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Centers for Disease Control of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services   General Description:

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Name: Panel Study of Income Dynamics - Core Survey and Child Development Supplement (CDS)   Funder(s):

National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) Name: National Survey of Families and Households   Funder(s): Wave I: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Center for Population ResearchWave II and Wave III: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) & National Insti

National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) Name: National Survey of America's Families   Funder(s):

National Study of the Changing Workforce (NSCW) Name: National Study of the Changing Workforce   Funder(s): Families and Work Institute, New York   General Description:

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1997 (NLSY97) Name: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1997   Funder(s):

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) Name: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health   Funder(s): National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and 17 other federal agencies   General Description:

National Household Education Survey Program (NHES) Name: National Household Education Survey Program   Funder(s): National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education   General Description:

Giving and Volunteering in the United States Name: Giving and Volunteering in the United States   Funder(s): The Independent Sector   General Description:

Current Population Survey (CPS) Name: Current Population Survey   Funder(s): The core survey is funded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supplements are also funded by a variety of sponsors including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, and the National Institute of Child Health a

In 2002, sixteen percent of families with children reported that they changed residence in the past year. Residential mobility varies by poverty status and family structure. Twice as many families with incomes below the poverty line moved, compared with families with incomes at or above the poverty line (29 percent and 14 percent, respectively). I

In 2000, twenty-seven percent of adults listed concern for their safety as either a somewhat or very important obstacle that made it difficult to be involved in their community. This concern was greater among those with less education. Thirty-two percent of those with a high school degree or less reported concern for their safety as an obstacle, c

Eighty-nine percent of adults reported in the year 2000 that they have old or new friends who provide them with a sense of community, regardless of their geographic proximity. While the vast majority of white and black non-Hispanics as well as Hispanics reported that they had a community of friends, white non-Hispanics were more likely than Hispan

Eighty percent of adults reported in 2000 that they have people in their neighborhood who give them a sense of community. White non-Hispanics and Hispanics, (82 percent and 77 percent respectively) were more likely than black non-Hispanics (71 percent) to report having people in their neighborhood who gave them a sense of community.

Overall, in 2000, half of all adolescents participated in religious activities with their families (e.g., going to a worship service, praying, reading scripture). The frequency varies by the adolescent's race and Hispanic origin. Non-Hispanic black adolescents were considerably more likely to participate in religious activities with their families

Slightly more than one-third of parents (36 percent) attended religious services at least once a week in 2002. This percentage represents a small decline from 1997, when 38 percent of parents attended religious services at least weekly.