Y Strong Communities Study, United States, 2019-2020

In November 2019, the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) launched the Y Strong Communities Study to explore how experiences with the YMCA (or "the Y") have affected the lives of Y participants and their communities. NORC fielded a survey with over 3,000 individuals who were Y members or who had participated in activities at the Y. Topics covered by the survey included Y engagement (duration and frequency of Y participation), reflections on the Y (e.g., whether the Y helps them develop connect to resources), community involvement, and health and well-being. Additional information collected by the survey includes work status, volunteer activity, attendance of faith-based services, gender identity, age, ethnicity, race, and educational attainment.
NORC also fielded two rounds of questions on the <strong>AmeriSpeak Omnibus survey</strong> in November 2019 and March 2020 to collect a general population comparison for the Y participant survey.

2019年11月，全国民意研究中心（National Opinion Research Center, NORC）发起了Y Strong Communities Study，旨在探究基督教青年会（YMCA，简称“the Y”）的相关经历对其参与者及其所在社区生活的影响。该中心面向3000余名基督教青年会成员或曾参与其相关活动的个体开展调研，调研涵盖的主题包括：基督教青年会参与情况（如参与时长与频率）、对其的反思与评价（例如基督教青年会是否助力其建立资源联结）、社区参与度，以及健康与福祉状况。调研还收集了额外信息，包括工作状态、志愿活动参与情况、宗教服务出席情况、性别认同、年龄、族裔、种族与受教育程度。2019年11月及2020年3月，NORC还在AmeriSpeak Omnibus调查（AmeriSpeak Omnibus survey）中设置了两轮提问，用于为Y参与者调研获取普通人群对照数据。