“More about the Neighborhood than the School”: Leveraging “Don’t Know” Survey Responses to Probe Parental Evaluations of School Safety

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Chase M. Billingham, Wichita State University; Shelley M. Kimelberg, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Matthew O. Hunt, Northeastern University

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Project Citation: 

Billingham, Chase M., Kimelberg, Shelley M., and Hunt, Matthew O. “More about the Neighborhood than the School”: Leveraging “Don’t Know” Survey Responses to Probe Parental Evaluations of School Safety. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-03-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E198965V1

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This website provides replication data and syntax associated with the article "'More about the Neighborhood than the School': Leveraging 'Don't Know' Survey Responses to Probe Parental Evaluations of School Safety," by Billingham, Kimelberg, and Hunt.

Abstract:
We utilize original survey data to examine factors influencing parental assessment of schools. When asked a series of questions about their evaluation of hypothetical schools in a survey experiment, respondents were given the option to select “don’t know” and explain in their own words what additional information they would want to know about the school in order to make their decision. Respondents were especially likely to answer “don’t know” in response to a question about school safety. We explore patterns of “don’t know” responses through analysis of the open-ended answers that respondents provided. Rather than focusing solely on school characteristics, open-ended responses reveal that parents tend to worry about crime and safety issues in the neighborhoods surrounding schools. We discuss the implications of these findings for education policy, school practice, and education research methods.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Wichita State University Research/Creative Projects Award (U15009)

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Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2014 – 2014
Universe:  View help for Universe Parents of school-age children in the United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

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Data Source:  View help for Data Source Race, Racial Attitudes, and School Segregation Survey

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