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An annual report that elevates the discussion of our nation's civic health by measuring a wide variety of civic indicators, America's Civic Health Index is in an effort to educate Americans about our civic life and to motivate citizens, leaders and policymakers to strengthen it.
The 2009 America's Civic Health Index is based on a nationally representative survey of 1,518 Americans and additional samples of 2,371 respondents in six states, conducted in May 2009.
It takes the pulse of American civil society at a moment of great political change and economic turmoil. It also develops and tests new measures of civic engagement that broaden our understanding of the term and more accurately capture the full range of participation. The 2007 report explored "citizen-centered" work and also asked a detailed battery of questions about online civic engagement, information not previously collected in surveys. Those two sets of questions have allowed the authors to better define modern citizenship, and some of the most meaningful items from 2007 and 2008 have been retained in the 2009 Index. The 2009 survey adds a new dimension by investigating more personal forms of civic engagement that are especially salient at moments of economic contraction, such as giving people food or shelter in their own homes. These forms of engagement were found to be especially common among America's least advantaged citizens.
