SPS_5_fun {cchsflow}

Five-item social provision scale (SPS-5)

Description

This function creates a derived variable for the five-item social provision scale (SPS_5_fun). The range is 0-20, where a higher score reflects a higher level of perceived social support.

Usage

SPS_5_fun(SPS_03, SPS_04, SPS_05, SPS_07, SPS_10)

Arguments

SPS_03

close relationships that provide sense of emotional security and well-being

SPS_04

talk to about important decisions with someone

SPS_05

relationships where competence and skill are recognized

SPS_07

part of a group who share attitudes and beliefs

SPS_10

strong emotional bond with a least one person

Details

The Social Provisions Scale (SPS) is commonly used to measure social support. The ten-item social provisions scale (SPS-10) has been reduced to a five-item scale (SPS-5).Reducing the SPS-10 items by half decreases the respondent burden on surveys. SPS-5 is a valid measure of social support while maintaining adequate measurement properties (Orpana et al., 2019). Validation of SDS-5 using Canadian national survey data can be found here.

SPS-10 and their items were available in CCHS from 2011-2018.

Examples

# Using the SPS_5_fun function to create the derived SPS5_der variable  
# across CCHS cycles.
# SPS_5_fun() is specified in the variable_details.csv.

# To create a harmonized SPS5_der variable across CCHS cycles, use 
# rec_with_table() for each CCHS cycle and specify SPS_5_fun and the
# required base variables.
# Using merge_rec_data(), you can combine SPS5_der across cycles.

library(cchsflow)

SPS5_2011_2012 <- rec_with_table(
  cchs2011_2012_p, c(
    "SPS_03", "SPS_04", "SPS_05", "SPS_07", "SPS_10", "SPS5_der"
  )
)

head(SPS5_2011_2012)

SPS5_2017_2018 <- rec_with_table(
  cchs2017_2018_p,c(
    "SPS_03", "SPS_04", "SPS_05", "SPS_07", "SPS_10", "SPS5_der"
  )
)

tail(SPS5_2017_2018)

combined_SPS5 <- suppressWarnings(merge_rec_data(SPS5_2011_2012,
 SPS5_2017_2018))

head(combined_SPS5)
tail(combined_SPS5)