Riverton Youth Survey Needs Assessment

Please place an X to indicate your opinion in the box to the right of each question

1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree, 3= Neither Agree or Disagree, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
  1. I plan to live in the same community when I get older.

  1. I plan to get a job in this community when I am older.

  1. I plan to graduate from high school.

  1. I go to a doctor regularly.

  1. I go to a dentist regularly.

  1. I can seek counseling if I have a mental health problem.

  1. I can seek counseling if I had an alcohol/drug problem.

  1. I go to a doctor if sick.

  1. I feel safe in my community

  1. I can talk to someone if I have a health problem.

  1. I don’t feel respected by adult in my community.

  1. I feel connected to my community.

  1. I trust the teachers at school.

  1. I feel connected to my family.

  1. The police do a good job preventing violence/crime.

  1. I cannot talk to the police if there is a problem.

  1. Parents are not involved with their kids.

  1. There is too much crime in this community.

  1. Children can get a good education in this community.

  1. There is nothing to do for fun in this community.

  1. There are too many drug dealers in this community.

  1. Gangs are a problem in this community.

  1. Family violence is a problem in this community.

  1. Teen pregnancy is a problem in this community.

  1. There is a lack of health care services.

  1. A lot of parents are using illegal drugs in this community.

  1. I worry about being a victim of crime in this community.

  1. A lot of teens are using illegal drugs in this community

  1. There is a lack of counseling services.

  1. There is a lack of good schools.

  1. There are not enough police officers in this community.

Demographic Information

1.Age: ______

2.Gender:  Female  Male

3.Community

 Overland

 East Heights

 Alvadora

 Exeter

4.Grade Point Average: ______

5.Annual Household Income: ______

6.Pretest Score: ______

7.Posttest Score: ______

Cross-tabulation

  1. What is the mean and standard deviation for Question 15? ______

(Use: Analyze/Descriptive Statistics/Descriptives)

  1. What is the mean and standard deviation for Question 22? ______

______

Change question 15 to 3 groups: Agree, Neither, Disagree

Use Transform / Recode / Into Different Variable

Call the new variable RQ15

Recode so that 1=1, 2=1, 3=3, 4=5, 5=5

Add labels so that 1=Disagree, 3=Neither, 5=Agree
1. What percent Agree? ______What percent disagree? ______
(Use: Analyze/Descriptive Statistics/Frequencies)

Cross-tabulation

Use: Analyze, Descriptive Statistics, Crosstabs
Rows – Independent Variable; Columns – Dependent variables
Statistics button – check Chi-Square
Cells button – check Percentages/Row

  1. There is no difference by gender on RQ15.
  2. What percent of girls agree? ______
  3. What percent of boys agree? ______
  4. What is the Chi-square____, df= ____, p< ._____
  5. What do you conclude?
  1. There is no difference in the (Buster or Wetoka) Community on RQ15.
  2. Which community believes Police do a better job in preventing crime?
  3. Write the Chi-square, df, and p-value.
  4. Recode Question 22 into two three groups: Disagree / Neither / Agree.
  5. Use Transform / Recode / Into Different Variable
  6. Call the new variable RQ22
  7. Recode so that 1=1, 2=1, 3=3, 4=5, 5=5
  8. Add labels so that 1=Disagree, 3=Neither, 5=Agree
  9. Are there gender differences in RQ22? Explain. Show your crosstabs statistics.
  10. Are there community differences in RQ22? Explain. Show your statistics.