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Research Definitions
A Jewish adult is defined as someone who:
Is 18 years of age or older, and
Resides in the greater East Bay, and
Self-identifies as Jewish when asked their religion, or
Indicates they consider themselves Jewish in some way, or
Was born or raised Jewish.
A Jewish child is one raised by a Jewish adult or a child that an adult in the household
considers to be Jewish.
A Jewish household is any household in which one or more adults in the household consider
themselves to be Jewish in accordance with the criteria above, or where a non-Jewish adult in
the household indicates that there is at least one Jewish person living in the household. Note
that the one Jewish person could be a child.
The geographic focus of the survey, the Greater East Bay, included four counties: Alameda,
Contra Costa, Napa, and Solano counties. Throughout the research and analysis, we used two
different geographic definitions for the Greater East Bay. The regions were used to identify
smaller sub-regions, and both iterations were defined by zip code.
The first definition was used for the original (pre-survey) incidence estimates, sample
design, dialing, and weighting:
Figure 91: Initial Regional Definitions by Zip Code
Northwest Alameda – 94501, 94601, 94602, 94606, 94607, 94608, 94609, 94610, 94611,
94612, 94615, 94616, 94617, 94618, 94620, 94662, 94706, 94701, 94702, 94703, 94704,
94705, 94707*, 94708*, 94710, 94712, 94720
Southeast Alameda – 94502, 94536, 94537, 94538, 94539, 94540, 94541, 94542, 94543,
94544, 94545, 94546, 94550, 94551, 94552, 94555, 94557, 94560, 94566, 94568, 94577,
94578, 94579, 94580, 94586, 94587, 94588, 94603, 94604, 94605, 94613, 94614, 94619,
94621, 94622, 94623, 94624, 94649, 94659, 94660, 94661, 94666, 94709
Western Contra Costa – 94525, 94530, 94547, 94564, 94572, 94707*, 94708*, 94801,
94802, 94803, 94804, 94805, 94806, 94807, 94808, 94820, 94850
Eastern Contra Costa – 94505 ,94506, 94507, 94509, 94511, 94513, 94514, 94516,
94517, 94518, 94519, 94520, 94521, 94522, 94523, 94524, 94526, 94527, 94528, 94529,
94531, 94548, 94549, 94553, 94556, 94561, 94563, 94565, 94569, 94570, 94575, 94582,
94583, 94595, 94596, 94597, 94598
Napa – 94503, 94508, 94515, 94576, 94558, 94559, 94581, 94562, 94567, 94573, 94574,
94599
Solano – 94510, 94512, 95620, 95625, 94533, 94534, 94571, 94585, 94535, 95687,
95688, 95696, 94589, 94590, 94591, 94592
**Note: Zip codes indicated with an asterisk fall in more than one county in the region. In these situations, the
zip code was split along the county line so that each part belonged to the appropriate county.
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