Student Health Survey Questionnaire Mia Tong Capstone Project • Level Hybrid Core, Boston in collaboration with Level Data Analytics Bootcamp, Experiential Learning Partnerships, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University DO NOT PHOTOCOPY PLEASE – A FEW REVISIONS NEED TO BE MADE -2/2/2017 PINEDA
Income Inequality in Boston
Sources: http://www.civicdashboards.com/city/boston-ma-16000US2507000/gini_index, https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=4842
Background
Sources :http://www.communitycollegereview.com/urban-college-of-boston-profile, http://www.urbancollege.edu/academic-programs.aspx, Schworm, Peter. “College for working women faces closure over deficit of $250,000�. The Boston Globe. http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/07/19/fate_of_urban_college_of_boston_hangs_in_balance/. Accessed 23 January 2017.
Comparison with Other Institutions Enrollment < 1000 Student-Teacher Ratio 43:1 Minority Enrollment 98% 2 year institutions 4% Full Time Students
Enrollment >2000 Student-Teacher Ratio 26:1 Minority Enrollment 39% 34% Full Time Students
12% A, 59% H, 27% B, 2% W
5% A, 12% H, 11% B, 61% W
Tuition < $10,000 100% students receive F.A.
Tuition ~$20,000 89% students receive F.A.
Urban College
MA Community College, Average
Source :http://www.communitycollegereview.com/urban-college-of-boston-profile
Original Survey, conducted in 2014 Spring
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Use the Services at UCB?
Routine Annual Physical Exams?
Dentist every 6 mo.- 1 yr.?
Smoke?
Practice a religion?
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Diseases caused or worsened by lifestyle in household?
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Student Health Survey Results Average age of student is 39
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Most popular major is ECE at 92% 6 out of 10 students are not on campus when not in class.
3 out of 4 students have children
52% of students practice religion. 88% of religious students attend church or practice some form of Christianity.
54% of students do not use the services at UCB
83% of students get 6 or more hours of sleep. 4.5 hours is the average for the students who do not.
87% of students get routine physical exams
27% of students live in households with diseases worsened by lifestyle. 1 out of 3 responded asthma. 1 out of 3 responded diabetes.
78% of students get routine dental exams
1 out of 3 responded with additional classes for desired services offered by UCB.
8% of students smoke
Average stress level (1-10) was 5. 4 out of 10 prefer to manage stress in private.
* Supplementary information was provided on student demographics. Percentages reflect not the total student population but non-null responses.
Survey Design Recommendations
1. Organization
A survey with different types of questions (multiple choice, open-response) is fine as long as the data is properly organized. If the question has multiple parts, separation would make the data cleaning process easier. If the responses must be entered manually, ensure that each cell contains one unique data point in the interest of downstream data analysis.
2. Clarity
Clear instructions for how to answer certain questions should be provided, especially when the majority of respondents are non-English speakers. For instance, question 15 should have been prefaced with “Select only one answer” as some of the choices contradict each other.
3. Perspective
The questions included in the survey were written from the perspective of the survey designer. Instead of “Do you smoke?”, consider asking questions in the form of statements from the perspective of the respondent, such as “I am a smoker” or “I smoke regularly.”
4. Depth
Many of the questions failed to gauge more about the surveyed population. If the majority of students are ECE majors, then a more interesting question than student majors would be goals after graduation or intended profession.
5. Sensitivity
Understanding the student population culturally is a final key piece in the design of an effective survey. For instance, since many of the students are significantly older than the typical university student age, leading with a question of the year of birth could potentially be viewed as an invasion of privacy despite confidentiality agreement.
Deeper Insights on Age Groups
Diseases worsened by lifestyle in househo ld by age group 35
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Child Poverty by Boston Neighborhoods
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2013 American Community Survey, BRA Research Division Analysis
Early Childhood Education as a Field
1. Fernandes, Deepa. “Preschool teachers among the lowest paid despite degrees.” 89.3 KPCC. http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2014/10/14/17415/preschool-teachers-among-lowest-paid-despite-degre/. Accessed 24 Jan 2017. 2.. Mongeau, Lillian. “Preschool teacher ranks more diverse, female than K-12.” Education Week. http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2014/10/14/17415/preschool-teachers-among-lowest-paid-despite-degre/. Accessed 24 Jan 2017. 3. Ullrich, Rebecca; Hamm, Katie; Herzfeldt-Kamprath. “Underpaid and Unequal: Racial Wage Disparities in Early Childhood Workforce.” Center for American Progress, https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/earlychildhood/reports/2016/08/26/141738/underpaid-and-unequal/. Accessed 23 January 2017.
Key Questions for Continued Discussion • Fostering a community for any two-year institution is difficult. It is more difficult at a college such as UCB in which most students work full-time. Does UCB intend to allocate more resources towards creating a more tightly-knit ecosystem for students? • Given the interest in lucrative health professions and given that early childhood education is consistently undervalued as a profession despite having degree requirements, does UCB plan on launching more programs? • Given that the majority of students do not use the services of UCB, how will UCB spread awareness of the existence of such services, such as the Learning Resource Center and how does UCB intend to create a system in which students learn to rely on their school for health services?