Social Participation

Social participation may be related to subjective well-being and mental health (both as an outcome and as a cause).

VOTE Count of votes in 6 different types of elections (f6a - f6f)

COMACT Count of participation in 10 different types of civic activities (f7,f9a to f9i) Coefficient Alpha= .77.

CIVIC Combined index based on VOTE and COMACT.

CIVICR Grouped values of civic 1 '0-4' 2 '5-9' 3 '10-16'

COMPART Number of 14 activities participated in (f1a-f1n) Coefficient Alpha=.75

TRDPART Number of 7 traditional activities participated in (f1b,f1f,f1i,f1j,f1m,f1n) Coefficient Alpha=.65

TRDPART2 Sum of traditional community activities' f1b,f1f,f1i,f1j

ACTPT Active outdoor participation (f1l,f1m,f1n)

MEDIAPT Read or listen (f1c,f1d)

COMPT Number of community activities other than traditional (f1a,f1e,f1g,f1h) Coefficient Alpha=.32

F2 Regularly listen to or watch Native programming

TV combination of F3 and F4 TV questions. Note that TV watching might be interpreted as the opposite of social participation.

POLPOW Index of political knowledge, power, importance, and interest. (f11r,f12,f13r,f14r).Coefficient Alpha=.61

POLPOWR Four category grouping of POLPOW.

H4 Do public safety officers have same idea of right and wrong?

H6 Do courts have same idea of right and wrong? (NOTE - poor question wording in NANA region led to inappropriate responses among many village respondents).

H8 Do fish and wildlife officers have same idea of right and wrong?