Reliability of perceived neighborhood conditions and the effects of measurement error on self-rated health across urban and rural neighborhoods

摘要

BackgroundLimited psychometric research has examined the reliability of self-reported measures of neighborhood conditions, the effect of measurement error on associations between neighborhood conditions and health, and potential differences in the reliabilities between neighborhood strata(urban vs. rural and low vs. high poverty).We assessed overall and stratified reliability of self-reported perceived neighborhood conditions using 5 scales (Social and Physical Disorder, Social Control, Social Cohesion, Fear) and 4 single items (Multidimensional Neighboring). We also assessed measurement error-corrected associations of these conditions with self-rated health.