Collected as part of a survey. Typical questions could ask the extent to which respondents agreed or disagreed with the following statements:
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My local [insert category - ie community, church, government...] leader listens to me if I have legitimate concerns
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My local [insert category] leader understands what my most important needs are
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My local [insert category] leader will introduce changes to policies, priorities or practices in response to my legitimate concerns or to meet my priority needs.
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My local [insert category] leader puts their own or their own group's interests above the interests of the community as a whole.
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Imagine a ten step ladder, where on the bottom, the first step, stand people whose views are completely ignored by community leaders and decision-makers, and on the highest step, the tenth step, stand those to whom community leaders pay the most attention and who have the greatest influence over their decisions. On which step do you think you stand?
For analysis a simpe percentage should be taken of the number of respondents reporting that they agree or strongly agree with the statement(s). Care should be taken in deciding whether this percentage applies to just those surveyed or whther it can be ascribed to the population as a whole. This will depend on the design of the survey and whether it was a representative sample of the population.