Cleveland Community Building Initiative (CCBI): Data Sources

Data Sources

Source Interview
Title Key informant organizational interviews (structured)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Purposive sample of leaders of 68 community organizations based on selection criteria to ensure adequate cross-sector representation.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes Actual response rate n=56 or 82%
Additional Execution Notes The Collaborative Relationships Study Instrument (CRSI) was designed to assess the development of collaborative relationships between neighborhood-based agencies operating in each village and to provide a baseline of CCBI’s own working relationships.
 
Source Interview
Title Key informant CCBI interviews (Semi-structured interview guide)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Purposive sample of CCBI staff members (N=8) and village council presidents/resident board members (N=7).
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes Actual response rate n=13 or 87%.
Additional Execution Notes The key informant interviews with CCBI stakeholders focused on perceptions of progress toward short-term outcomes related to Village Council Formation/Operation, Asset Identification, Analysis and Acknowledgement, Agenda Formation, Action Project Development and the Development of Collaborative Relationships.
 
Source Survey
Title Resident Surveys
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Residents in four CCBI Villages. Overall N=866
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes Actual response rate n=609 or 70%.
Additional Execution Notes This survey instrument is designed to capture resident perceptions of neighborhood conditions as they relate to five aspects of life: neighborhood identity and pride, safety and security, institutions and services, family and youth development, and economic opportunity. (For a survey results, see CCBI Village Profiles.)
 
Source Survey
Title Self-assessment Questionnaire (Mail in and telephone)
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Village Council Members. N=95
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes n=51 or 54%
Additional Execution Notes This questionnaire asks CCBI Village Council Members to assess the work of their Village Council, based on it’s inclusiveness, member participation, and council resources.
 
Source Secondary data
Title CANDO database (http://povertycenter.cwru.edu/cando.htm) Decennial Census of Population and Housing, County Auditor tax billing files, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Cleveland Public School records.
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection N/A
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes Secondary data was used to supplement primary data sources for the neighborhood profile reports of neighborhood conditions.
 
Source Administrative data
Title CCBI Agency Records
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection N/A
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes Measurement of early benchmarks incorporates data from CCBI agency records and administrative reports.