Table 3 Score distributions, item non-response and Cronbach’s alpha of All of Us SDOH survey measures (N = 117,783).

From: Measuring social determinants of health in the All of Us Research Program

Construct

N items

Score range

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Item non-response N (%)

Cronbach's alpha

Loneliness

8

0–100

31.0 (21.6)

29.2 (12.5–45.8)

3042 (2.6%)

0.87

Social support (total)

8

1–5

3.9 (1.0)

4.1 (3.3–4.8)

3436 (2.9%)

0.95

Instrumental social support

4

1–5

3.8 (1.2)

4.0 (3.0–5.0)

2097 (1.8%)

0.95

Emotional social support

4

1–5

3.9 (1.0)

4.0 (3.3–4.8)

2695 (2.3%)

0.95

Perceived stress

10

10–50

23.7 (7.8)

23.0 (17.8–29.0)

7171 (6.1%)

0.91

Everyday discrimination

9

0–5

0.8 (0.8)

0.7 (0.1–1.2)

3939 (3.3%)

0.91

Discrimination in health care settings

7

1–5

1.6 (0.6)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

2906 (2.5%)

0.86

Social cohesion

4

1–5

3.8 (0.7)

3.8 (3.5–4.3)

1894 (1.6%)

0.87

Neighborhood physical disorder

6

1–4

1.6 (0.6)

1.5 (1.2–2.0)

3438 (2.9%)

0.84

Neighborhood social disorder

7

1–4

1.6 (0.5)

1.6 (1.1–2.0)

6251 (5.3%)

0.87

Daily spiritual experiences

6

0–6

2.7 (1.3)

2.5 (1.7–3.8)

1349 (1.1%)

0.81

PANES—Walking and bicyclinga

5

1–4

2.2 (0.9)

2.0 (1.4–2.8)

5771 (4.9%)

0.78

PANES—Crime and safety

2

1–4

3.5 (0.7)

4.0 (3.0–4.0)

15,392 (13.0%)

NCb

  1. PANES physical activity and neighborhood environment scale; NC non-calculable.
  2. aFor PANES items related to walking and bicycling, respondents who answered this item “does not apply to my neighborhood” were not included in score distributions and were not counted in non-response totals; an alternative scoring strategy to preserve observations is described the Supplementary Methods.
  3. bAlpha is non-calculable with 2 sub-items.