Brandeis University

Abt Associates,Inc.
NATIONAL COMMUNrTY SERVICE STUDY

Dear Student: Thir surveyis part of a national sady of schoolsand communily service. and service.learningprograms. As you may know, theseareprograms that encourageschool-age youth to take.part in volunteer activities in the community. 11wusands of schools and community organizationsacrossthe courury run community service. programs. This surveyis part of a series of surveys focusing on the characte1i\"lia.ntritrrrlp'~, and activities of young people who are invol\led in community serviceFYus,--amr. is also being It gi1Ien youngpeople who are not in community serTliceprogra so that we can leam about to InS them as weLL We are askingO\IU1,500young peoplein twentycommuniriesaroundthe counlry to answer thesequestions. As you completethis questionnaire,thereare threeimpot'tantpoints we Jtantyou to keep in mind: Fusr, this surveyis co~7rtiaL.
u~ vour ~ to aIrY of.

No OM at your schoolor in vour comnumitJwill evu

aumions. When Y(Xl ~ done, yc;x,.will put yau

que.stioluraire into an envelopeand seal~ and it will be sent directly to the researchers at Brandeis UnivmilJ and AbcAssociates Boston, Massachusettt.11ze in BnurdeislAbt
researchers are the only people who will ever see the completed SUI1IeYS-

Seco~ this surveyis FOluntmy. If there are any queJ'lions that Ya.Ldo not want to
answer, you may leave them blank.

Third, this is not a test. Pleasetry to answerthe questionsin this surveyas acauately and honestly as possible. ~ an no -right" or -wrong" tmSWeTs. try to give the Just answerthat best showshow you think or fed

Thank you for answeringthesequestions.If you haveany questian.r, pleaseraiseyour hand and ask your teacher.

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SECTION A

'M1at is your name?

'M1at is the name of your sd1ool? ~ Who is your tead1er for this da.ss?
'M1at is today's date? I
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SECTION B: SERVICE EXPERIENCE

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Very satisfied, Somewhat satisfied, Somewhat rfi~sfied, Very dissati~ed?

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Did you feel that the service you performed was...

01 Very helpful to the i:orl-lIruUty.

CP Somewhathelpful to the COrm'RJnity, Os Not very helpful to the ~nity, or

Q4 Not helpful at all?

Did you feet that the service you performed wa5..

01 Very helpful to the incfividualsyou served,
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Dz Somewhathelpful to the inctivid1Jais served, you [I3 Not very helpful to the incfividuals served, or you
G Not helpful at all?

01

Yes

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Should all students be required to participate in community service?

0, Yes Q2 No

7.

Did you work as part of a team (group, crew, etc.) or on an individuaL assignment?

0, Team
02 Individual
Q3 Both Team and Individual 'Nhat kinds of community service were you involved in? (CHECKALL THATAPR..Y)

0. Education
(for examcle workina as a teacher's aide. mentor. or tutor:- helcina with school deen-uc: or workina in a Head Start croaram} Q2 Human services/Human needs (for examcle takina care of d1ildren. helcina the elderfv. or workina in a hoscital homeless shetter or food cantrv) Q3Environment (for examcle deanina uc a cark or clavaround. or testina water auafrtv in a stream)

Public safety
(for examcle doina ceer mediation. drua or alcohol abuse crevention. or takina cart in a neiahborhood watdt or communitv corlcina croied1

Os Other
Were your service activities mostly:" (OiECK ONLY ONE)

0,

Activities directly helping ather people (far examole workina in a nursina home or a shelter or tutarinq or mentarinq someone} Oz Activities that may indirectly help ather people (for examcle raisinq money or conedioo food or dathinq for
DeaDle in need)

Q3 Activiti~ that helped the COlTaTlUnity generally (far examole recvclina cans or deenina a Dark or aettina sianatures an a Detition) Did you design or select your specific community service proiect or activity. or were you assigned an activity by someone else?

0,

Designed it myself

[lz Was assigned

Did your community service experience indude time set aside in dass when you talked

about your service experience?

01 Yes

02 No

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Did you keep a journal or diary as part of your community service project?
Of Yes

Q2 No Did you develop a really good personal relationship with someone during your community service experience?
01 y~ Oz No (GOTO auESnON 13) If yes, was that person.
01 Oz Q3 G Os
(CHECK ALL THAT APR..Y)

My supervisor at the community service site Another adult working at the site A tead1er Another student woOOng at the same site A person I was helping

De Other {Who?:

13.

'M1en you compare your community service experience to a typical dass that you've taken in school, did you learn...
01 Much ~

OzMore.

Os About the same, G Less. or

Os Mum less tt:tan in a typical dass?

Did your community service help you think about the kind of job you might want when you are an adult, or help you learn mare about a career you thought you might be i(~(ia'~dd in?
(CHECK ALL 'T1-tA APR.. T Y)

Of Dz Q3

Ye5, my service helped me think about the kind of jab I n'ight want Ye5, my service helped me learn mare about a career I thought
I n'ight be illtel' ested in

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SECTION C SECTION C1: EDUCATIONAL COMPEra.CE

The statements below are about how some young people feel about their education. For ead1 statement, please indicate whether it is very true for you, sort of true for you, not very true for you, or not at all true for you. Very True
for You

V., True for T~ far

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Nd:at All True far You

a.

I can do well in school if I want to. I can't work very hard in school. Tne best way for me to get good grades is to get my teacher to like me.

01 01 01 01 01 01
01

b.

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I'm pretty smart in school. I don't know what it takes to get good grades in smool. I'm pretty lucky at getting good grades. If I don't do well on my schoolwork, it's because I didn't try hard enough.

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I can't get my teachers to like me. I can't do well in school. Trying hard is the best way for me to .do well in sd1ool

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I don't know how to keep myself from getting bad grades. I won't do well in school if the teachers don't like me. I have to be smart to get good grades. I am unlucky in school.

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I can work really hard in school. I have to be lucky to do well in smool. If I'm not smart, I won't get good grades. If I'm unlucky, I won't do well in smool. I can get tead1ers to like me.

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I'm not very smart in school.

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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBIUTY

Below are sentences that have two different endings. one on the left and one on the right Using the scale below. please cirde the number that best shows how you would finish the sentence. For example, in the question below. drding 4 would mean that you -sort or think that people who get good grades study hard. Girding 1 would mean that you ~ think that they are just naturally
smart Sample:
People who get really good grades-.. are usually just naturally smart
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usually study hard to get

thosegrades.
5

Please circle only one number. are no right or wrona answers.

1

Do not mark between the numbers.

Remember. there

Taking care of people who are having difficulty caring for tttemseives.., is everyone' 5 responsabl"fity, is not my responSIbility.
3

including mine.

4-

When it cames to saving energy,

its e-voeryone's job to

use less.
1

people worry too much aboutil

5

Being actively involved in porltical or social issu5. is not that important to community rife.
, 2 3 4

is an important Wa'fto improve the COIllillunity.

5

Cleaning up parks or helping with ott1er environmentalprojects-..

should be done for free by people who live in 1he area.
, 2 3 4

should be done by paid workers.

5

Helping others wiU1outbeing paid.-

is not sometttingpeople shouldfeel they have to do.

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is something eveyone shouldfeelthey haveto do.

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Being concerned about state and local ~ -!~ isan important responsibility

for everybody.
1 2 3 .5

not something in which most people should be

invatved.

Keeping U1eenvironment safe and dean...

is someU1ingI ~ feel personally responsible for.

1

is something I do feel personaily responsible for.

3

..5

'1

8.

Helping a person in need-.. is somett1ingpeople should do only for friends or relativ5. is something people should do for anyone,
even if tttey don't know

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Doing something about school-wide probJens...

is a job for only a feN people who want to be involved.
1 Z 3 ..5

is something every student should be involved J J I

in.

10.

Helping other people...

is somed1ing I fee a stt'ong need to do.
t 2 ~ .5

is someUting I prefer to let otha-s do.

11.

Being actively involved in I:xIITuunity ~.!~..

is everyone's responSIbility, is not my responsibility.
S .5

induding mine.
1 2

12.

The problems of pollution and toxic waste.are not someUting for

whim individuals 8'e responsible.
1 2 3 ..5

are everyone's responsibility

to stop.

I
Helping other people.-

is somettting I feel personally responsible for.

t 2 3 4

is someUting I ~ feel personany ~ponsibIe for.

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Recyding cans. bottt-. and oth things... is too much hassle for me to bother with.
,

is everyone's job induding mine.

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15.

Participating in activities tttat help improve ttte community...

is an important job for everyone, even beginners.

,

is only tie job of people who know how to do it.

3

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Acceptance of Diversity
For each of the following, please indicate whether you strongly agree, agree a little, disagree a
little, or strongly disagree.
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IyAgree It bothers me if a teacher or a classmate is different from me. UttIe

SIrongI

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I prefer to spend time with different types of people. not just people like me. I would rather not rIVenear people of different races or ethnic groups.
I dislike being with handicapped people. or physically disabled

01 01

Os
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Os CP

I can learn a lot from people ~

bad<grounds and

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Of

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experiences that are different from rrine.

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People with disabirlties can hold iobs and contribute to

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society.
I would have no problem working with a person whose race or ethnicity is different from rrine. I dislike being with people whose physical abilities are
different than rrine. It would probably be better if most old people kept to

01

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themselves.

. J. Peoplecan learn a lot from elderly people.

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I would not make friends with a person who had very different manners, dothes, or looks from most of my oU1er

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0. 0.

friends.

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Engagement in School 1. For ead1 of the following S~oents, please indicate whether it is very we for you. sort of true for you, not very true for you, or not true at aUfor you? Choose one answer far each. Not
Very Sortor Very

N at
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True
a.b. When I am in school, I feel happy I work very hard on my sd1oo/work.

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c.
d.

When I am in class, I try very hard I don't try very hard in school. I don't work very hard in school. When I am in dass, I just act as if I'm working.

I pay attention in dass.

h.

I try to learn as mudt

as I can about my school

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,

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Os Os Os Os Os Os Os Os

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subjects. How important is it to you to do the best you can in sd1oa1?

01 Very important

02 Sort of important
QlNotveryimportant G Not important at aD

Engagement in Service-Learning 1. For ead1 of the following stateaoents. please indicate whether it is very me for you, sort of true for you, not very true for you, or not true at aUfor you? Choose one answer for each.
Very Sat of Not Very Not at

True
When I am planning or working on community service acDvities. I feel happy.

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b. When I am planning my community service acUvities. I

work very hard.

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c.

When I am working on my community service activities. I try very hard. When I am at my service site. I don't try very hard.

Oz

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When I am at my service

site. I don't work very hard.

Ot Ot
Ot
01 01

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When I am planning or working on my community service, I just ~ as if I am working. I pay attention when planning or working on my community service activities.

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I try to learry as mud'1 as I can about my community

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service.

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In an average week, about how many hours do you spend doing homeNork (in sd'IooI and
after sd1ool)? Of 0 hours Q2 1-2 hours

Os 3-6 hours
G 6-10 hours Os 11 hours or rTK1re

How far would you ~

01

to go in school if you could? (CHECK ONE)

Drop out at high school before graduation -I;ft~ from high school
late from a 2-yeer coUege -~e from a 4-year caUege

Q2 Get a G8)

Q3 ~
G ~ Os ~

De Attend ~late

schoof (Master's or R1.D.:

SECTION E: FORMAL HELPING BBiAVIOR During the second half of this sd1ool year (January to June). did you do any of the fallowing things? a. Volunteer far a community organization that does socially useful work, such as a day care center or homel~ shelter?
01 y~

DzNo

b.

Serve as a volunteer counselor, mentor, a tuta'?

01 Y5 [JzNo

c.

Write a letter to a newspaper, elected official, or government agency about an issue

that you thought was important to the community?

0. Y5
OzNo Get involved in a recyding prcjed?
01 YE

OzNo Take part in a community project sum as deaning up a neighborhoodpark or

working in a food bank?
01 Y5

[Jz No
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a.

During the second half of this schooJ year (26 weeks), in how many weeks did you
do some vofunteer work or community service? Weeks IF ZERO. SKIP TO QUESTION 3.

On average, in those weeks when you volunteered, haw many hours per week did

you volunteer?

Average volunteer hours per week

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SECTION F: RISK BEHAVIORS

The questions below ask about several kinds of personal behaviors. Pf~ remember that no one at your school will see your answers to these questions. If there are any questions that you do not want to answer. you may leave them blank.

1.

In the past 30 days, have you had anything to drink. sum as a glass of wine, a beer, or a mixed drink?
01
02

Ya
No (SKIP TO QUESTION 3)

In the past 30 days, have you ever had five or more alcoholic drinks in a raw?
01 Dz y~ No

In the past 30 days, have you used marijuana or another illegal drug?

0,

y~ [I2 No During the last 6 months, have you ever ... a.

Gotten into a fight where a group of your friends was against another group?
01 YE

Dz

No

b.

Hurt someone badly enough to need bandages or a d0dcr7

01 []z y~ No

Used a knife or a gun or some other thing Qike a dub) to get something from a

person?
01 y~

DzNo Been arrested and charged with a aime or parole violation?

01 Yes

DzNo

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

We appreciate the time you have taken to complete this questionnaire. We want to rerrind you that aDof your answers WI"" kept confidential No one in your school or program wiDsee any of the information in be this questionnaire. When you have finished. please put the questionnaire in the envelope and sea[ it

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