Phoenix Area Social Survey: 2006 and 2011 Joined Dataset

The Phoenix Area Social Survey (PASS) is a longitudinal initiative funded by the National Science Foundation through the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) program at Arizona State University. In 2006 and 2011, the PASS research team surveyed residential addresses in selected neighborhoods in the metropolitan Phoenix area to better understand perceptions, values, and behaviors regarding several key environmental issues, including water conservation, urban growth, air pollution, land conservation, biodiversity and urban climate change. To facilitate longitudinal analysis, PASS researchers have joined the 2006 and 2011 PASS datasets across questions common to both surveys. The resulting codebook (see link to codebook and report below) provides details on each question in the 2006 and 2011 joined dataset and methodological information. Since the PASS was originally designed to focus on neighborhood-level changes over time, the survey strategy followed residential addresses over time, not individual respondents. The PASS 2006 and 2011 joined dataset captures the 365 residential addresses that were surveyed during both years. A sub-set of this dataset is the 196 individuals who responded to the PASS in 2006 and 2011. Researchers interested in comparing responses from the same respondent over time can do so by using the Screen2006A question in the 2011 survey to create this data sub-set.