Innovation in the Measurement of Community Contextual Features

The goal of this project is to compare the computer assisted interview (CAI) instrument against a standard paper instrument for collecting activity space and neighborhood context data. Our project will be executed according to the following schedule: Year 1, First six months: refine instruments (CAI and paper), draw sample, train interview staff. Second six months: field survey, enter data from paper-based survey, begin data cleaning. Year 2: Finish cleaning data, test hypotheses with data, develop, present, and publish manuscripts.