California Safety and Wellbeing Survey, 2018

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Centers for Violence Prevention at UC Davis; Amanda Aubel, Centers for Violence Prevention at UC Davis; Garen Wintemute, Centers for Violence Prevention at UC Davis

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Project Citation: 

Kravitz-Wirtz, Nicole, Aubel, Amanda, and Wintemute, Garen. California Safety and Wellbeing Survey, 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-03-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/E153263V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
The California Safety and Wellbeing Survey (CSaWS) is an all-online, repeated cross-sectional statewide survey research project developed by researchers with the California Firearm Violence Research Center at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Centers for Violence Prevention, with funding from the State of California. CSaWS provides detailed and timely data on a wide range of topics related to firearm ownership, exposure to violence and its consequences, and public opinion on selected injury and violence prevention practices and policies. More than 2,500 California adults participated in the first wave of CSaWS in 2018 (CSaWS 2018) and their responses can be weighted to be statistically representative of the adult population of the state.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources State of California; California Wellness Foundation (2014–255); Heising-Simons Foundation (2017–0447); UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms firearms; firearm ownership; guns; gun ownership; violence; violence prevention; gun policy; firearm policy; California; exposure to violence
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage California
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 9/14/2018 – 10/12/2018
Universe:  View help for Universe Adult (18+ years old) noninstitutionalized population of California living in households
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate Of the 5,232 eligible research panel members who received an invitation to participate in CSaWS 2018, 2,558 completed the survey (completion rate, 49%).

Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) web-based survey
Weights:  View help for Weights The CSaWS 2018 dataset includes a final weight variable that combines pre-sample and study-specific post-stratification weights. The pre-sample or base weight adjusted for the probability of selection into the research panel and any other discrepancies between panel composition and the distribution of key demographic characteristics of the US population as reflected in the latest March supplement of the US Census Current Population Survey. The post-stratification weight, computed after all responses were collected using raking ratio adjustments (based on cross-classified categories of age, sex, race-ethnicity, Latinx origin, education, household income and language proficiency), accounted for survey non-response and over or under-representation of key demographics between respondents and the adult population of California as reflected in the 2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the most recent data available at the time of survey administration.

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit State

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