1 Because we draw from multiple sources of data with varying sample sizes, we are not able to compute one margin of error for the state across all indicators. Furthermore, we cannot provide p–values or other tests of signicance for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the CPS datasets are based on population statistics that have been weighted, which inates the sample size, and most p–value estimates are highly correlated to the sample size.
2 A comparative analysis of participating NCoC CHI Partners which include: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas , and Virginia.
3 US Census Bureau, 2009 Population estimate.
4 Greater Ohio Policy Center and The Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Restoring Prosperity: Transforming Ohio's Communities for the Next Economy, February, 2010.
5 This is a slightly abridged version of the denition used by the IUPUI Task Force on Civic Engagement, available at http://schoe.coe.uga.edu/benchmarking/bei.html
6 Putnam, Robert D. (2000). Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community . New York: Simon and Schuster.
7 Keele, L. (2007). Social Capital and the Dynamics of Trust in Government. American Journal of Political Science . 51(2): p. 241.
8 Putnam, Robert D. (2000). Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community . New York: Simon and Schuster.
9 Corporation for National and Community Service. (2010). Volunteering in America . Available online: http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/assets/resources/IssueBriefFINALJune15.pdf
10 Ohio Secretary of State. Elections & Ballot Issues. http://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/voterinformation/equipment/VotingSystemReviewFindings/EVERESTtestingReports.aspx
11 EVEREST Voting Study. Available online: http://siis.cse.psu.edu/everest.html
12 Ohio State Legislature. HB 350.(2008). Available online: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/analysis.cfm?ID=127_HB_350&hf=analyses127/08–hb350–127.htm
13 ServeOhio.org. Service As A Solution: Ohio Community Service Council Announces $7 Million in AmeriCorps Funding . Available online: www.serveohio.org
14 Ohio's Education Reform plan. http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=523
15 Ohio's Education Reform plan. http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=523
16 Ohio Department of Education. http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=428&ContentID= 80455
17 Delli Carpini, M. X, & Keeter, S. (1989). What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
18 Lawless, Jennifer L., and Richard L. Fox. 2010. It Still Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for office. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 3 and 5.
19 Ohio ranks first of all states in NCOC's 2010 study. Please see www.NCOC.net for detailed state rankings of participants.
20 White and not Hispanic, which was measured in a separate question.
21 We used the generational categories that CIRCLE uses: Millennial Generation (born 1981 or after) Generation X (born 1965 – 1980) Baby Boomers (born 1946 – 1964)
Silent Generation (born 1930 – 1945)
22 Robert D. Putnam (2000). Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon and Schuster.
23 Volunteering in America . Available online: http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/assets/resources/IssueBriefFINALJune15.pdf
24 Volunteering in America . http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/assets/resources/IssueBriefFINALJune15.pdf
25 Volunteering in America. http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/assets/resources/IssueBriefFINALJune15.pdf