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      "title": "Hosting frequency",
      "source_page": 17,
      "question": "During the last 12 months, how many times have you hosted international visitors for dinner as part of a home visit? / During the last 12 months, how many times has your organization hosted international visitors?",
      "scale": {
        "min": 1,
        "max": 4,
        "min_label": "Never",
        "max_label": "5 or more times"
      },
      "reported_n": {
        "all": 629,
        "volunteers": 649,
        "resources": 380
      },
      "cells": {
        "all": {
          "value": 2.35,
          "source_star": false
        },
        "volunteers": {
          "value": 2.14,
          "source_star": false
        },
        "resources": {
          "value": 2.49,
          "source_star": false
        }
      },
      "header_note": "Table header: N=629 overall, N=649 volunteers, N=380 resources, as published."
    }
  ],
  "participation_note": "Volunteer wording concerns the individual; resource wording includes the respondent and/or organization members. Hosting compares home dinners with organizational hosting. These are ordinal response-category means, not counts of events. Intermediate response labels are not supplied here. The frequency table footnote defines asterisks as significant differences between volunteers and resources.",
  "social_ties": {
    "source_page": 18,
    "reported_n": {
      "all": 460,
      "volunteers": 174,
      "resources": 286
    },
    "categories": [
      {
        "id": "weak",
        "label": "Weak ties",
        "definition": "No close personal or business relationship.",
        "percent": {
          "all": 56,
          "volunteers": 18,
          "resources": 78
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "moderate",
        "label": "Moderate ties",
        "definition": "Close personal or business relationship; communication a few times a year or less.",
        "percent": {
          "all": 28,
          "volunteers": 60,
          "resources": 9
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "strong",
        "label": "Strong ties",
        "definition": "Close personal or business relationship; communication once a month or more.",
        "percent": {
          "all": 16,
          "volunteers": 22,
          "resources": 13
        }
      }
    ],
    "construction": "The Social Ties Index combines reported formation of a close personal or formal business/professional relationship with frequency of communication. Originally developed with the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. It is not a CDI score.",
    "questions": [
      "During the last 12 months, have you/your organization developed close personal friendships or a formal business or professional relationship with international visitors met through these programs and activities?",
      "In general, how often do you/does your organization communicate with this friend/contact?"
    ],
    "cross_tabs": {
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        {
          "category_id": "local-excellence",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.99,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 4.11,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.53,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.18,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "global-knowledge",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.86,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 4.11,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.5,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.04,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "cultural-awareness",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 4.08,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 4.1,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.5,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.2,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "community",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.84,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.78,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.24,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.95,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "civic-engagement",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.81,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.78,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.24,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.92,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "economic-impact",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.59,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.72,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.17,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.78,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "workforce-development",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.63,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.52,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.11,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.77,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "volunteers": [
        {
          "category_id": "local-excellence",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 4.21,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 4.15,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.57,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.31,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "global-knowledge",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 4.52,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 4.15,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.69,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.35,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "cultural-awareness",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 4.4,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 4.17,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.62,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.35,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "community",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 4.0,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.78,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.32,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.03,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "civic-engagement",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.98,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.81,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.33,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.03,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "economic-impact",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.74,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.72,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.09,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.85,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "workforce-development",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.8,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.51,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 3.95,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.78,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "resources": [
        {
          "category_id": "local-excellence",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.96,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.94,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.51,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.08,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "global-knowledge",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.77,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.91,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.3,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.85,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "cultural-awareness",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 4.03,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.79,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.42,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 4.1,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "community",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.82,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.78,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.16,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.91,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "civic-engagement",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.78,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.64,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.14,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.85,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "economic-impact",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.57,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.76,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.25,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.73,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "category_id": "workforce-development",
          "cells": {
            "weak": {
              "value": 3.61,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "moderate": {
              "value": 3.55,
              "source_star": false
            },
            "strong": {
              "value": 4.21,
              "source_star": true
            },
            "mean": {
              "value": 3.76,
              "source_star": false
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "cross_tab_pages": {
      "all": 18,
      "volunteers": 19,
      "resources": 19
    },
    "cross_tab_n": null,
    "cross_tab_note": "The cross-tabulation tables do not print cell-level or category-specific Ns. The Social Ties distribution N must not be assumed to be the base for every cross-tab cell. All three groups use the same 1–5 display axis.",
    "significance_note": "Source asterisks mark reported statistically significant differences from the mean for that category and respondent group (p≤0.05). No tests have been recalculated.",
    "interpretation": "Strong ties are associated with higher reported benefits in the overall table. This does not establish causation; moderate ties are not consistently higher than weak ties. Group roles and respondent coverage differ."
  },
  "method_notes": [
    "The chart uses the full 1–5 rating scale. Question tables retain the endpoints printed in the original table footnotes.",
    "Category averages are the published values, not recomputed averages of rounded question means.",
    "Table respondent counts vary by measure and are reproduced as published. No weights are inferred from those counts.",
    "Means are ratings, not percentages. Economic Impact and Workforce Development capture reported perceptions rather than independently measured exports, jobs, investment, or revenue.",
    "The separate network-wide economic-impact total uses a different reporting basis and is not calculated from these survey ratings."
  ]
}