2023 Baltimore Area Survey
Documentation & Codebook
1 Overview
The 2023 Baltimore Area Survey (BAS) is a survey of a representative sample of adults in Baltimore City and Baltimore County, Maryland.
1.1 Data
BAS 2023 data are available for download at https://github.com/JHUCities/baltimore-area-survey-data/tree/main/data/bas-2023.
1.2 Background
The BAS is the signature program of the 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University. Its goal is to develop data that support community needs in the Baltimore area that supports scientific research. The program seeks to survey a sample of residents annually to allow for timely data for community members and researchers.
Researchers at 21CC and the Community Collaborators Committee (CCC) identify topics in need of investigation to understand the city, its surroundings, and its people. The CCC comprises leaders from community organizations, nonprofits, businesses, and government office. The CCC works with faculty and graduate students to investigate the topics to identify the topics identified through the survey data collected.
1.3 Themes and Objectives
The CCC identified four themes as priorities for the 2023 BAS:
- Neighborhoods
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includes questions about resident perceptions of neighborhoods and conditions in residents’ own neighborhoods
- Organizations and Connectivity
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includes questions about how people are connected to organizations and other people in the city including neighborhood organizations, city government, and police
- Health
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includes questions about the health and wellbeing of residents including both self-reported health conditions and being connected to people who have experienced health problems including overdose and Covid
- Finance & Entrepreneurship
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includes questions about the financial conditions of Baltimore-area residents and opportunities for entrepreneurship
The data are designed to complement other sources of information available in Baltimore, including data from the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA) and data from Baltimore City and Baltimore County government. The data include Census tract and BNIA neighborhood indicators to facilitate these linkages.