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Neighdorhood Liaison and Social Connectivity Knowledge of the Neighborhood Liaison was significantly associated with greater social connectivity in the community. Of residents who reported knowing their liaison, 96% (p<.O1) agreed that they know many people in their immediate neighborhood. Similarly, 96% (p<.O1) of residents who know their liaison reported that their neighborhood has a block party or other social gathering at least once each year. For residents who do not know their liaison, 75% agreed that they know many people in their neighborhood and 72% agreed their neighborhood has a block party or social gathering at least once each year. When entered into logistic regression analyses, both social connectivity variables ("I know many people in my neighborhood," and "My neighborhood has a block party at least once each year") significantly predicted lrnowledge of Neighborhood Liaisons. Compared to residents who disagreed that their neighborhood has a social gathering at least once each year, residents who agreed to having yearly social functions were 6.5 times more likely to lrnow their Neighborhood Liaison (CI 1.943, 22.972; p =.002). Similarly, residents who agreed that they know many people in their neighborhood were 5 times more likely to know their Liaison those who did not report that they know many people (CI 1.447, 16.945; p=.01). • Characteristics of Social Connective Sociodemographic variables such as age, having a child <18 years, and home ownership were significantly associated with perception of social connectivity in bivariate analyses. Analyses indicated that the middle (35-54) and oldest (55+) age categories were significantly more likely (p=.006) to agree that they know many people in their neighborhood (both 85%) than the youngest group (67%). Similarly the middle (80%) and oldest (84%) cohorts were significantly more likely (p=.003) to agree than the youngest group (62%), that their neighborhood has a social gathering once a year. All of the residents in the youngest age cohort who reported knowing their Liaison also agreed to both social connectivity variables (n=7). Respondents with children under age 18 living in their home were significantly more likely (p=.03) to report . knowing many people in their neighborhood (88%) than those who did not have a child in their home (77%). 4~