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Table 2 Social capital dimensions for Kilburn/Blair Athol compared to South Australia and Metropolitan Adelaide

From: Measuring social capital in a known disadvantaged urban community – health policy implications

 

Kilburn/Blair Athol

South Australia

Metropolitan Adelaide

 

%

%

P value

%

P value

CIVIC PARTICIPATION

     

Been involved in various activities in the past 18 months? 1

     

A school-related group

16.1

18.0

0.20

18.5

0.14

A service club (eg Lions, CWA)

7.6

6.2

0.13

5.7

0.05

Attended church or taken part in some other religious activities

36.3

26.9

<0.001

27.4

<0.001

Participated with an ethnic group or their activities (eg Croatian, Italian club)

17.6

6.1

<0.001

6.8

<0.001

Fundraising activity

26.6

24.7

0.35

23.8

0.12

Local government

5.0

3.0

0.004

2.8

0.004

Co-ops (eg food, housing)

8.3

1.1

<0.001

1.2

<0.001

Professional group (eg business forum)

8.0

9.6

0.30

9.8

0.14

Made a donation of any kind, for example money, clothes or blood donation

80.0

71.3

<0.001

72.1

<0.001

Been on a management committee or organising committee for any local group or organisation

13.2

16.8

<0.001

14.2

0.47

None of these

9.2

18.1

<0.001

16.9

<0.001

PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY ACTION IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS

     

Participated in community action? 2

     

Contacted an organisation to deal with a particular problem (eg police, council)

38.5

28.4

<0.001

29.3

<0.001

Attended a public meeting

9.3

11.5

0.08

8.9

<0.001

Talked to your neighbours about a local problem

45.7

38.8

<0.001

36.8

0.61

Joined together with others in the neighbourhood to address a common issue

15.2

15.8

0.37

13.9

<0.001

Voted in the local council elections

30.4

51.6

<0.001

47.3

<0.001

Made newspapers, radio and TV interested in (or aware of) a problem or an issue

6.4

7.0

0.98

6.4

0.09

Picked up other people's rubbish in a public place

58.9

62.9

0.87

62.5

0.06

None of these

3.6

14.4

<0.001

16.0

<0.001

MEMBERSHIP

     

Presently doing any volunteer (ie unpaid) work in the community 1

  

0.48

 

0.94

Yes

16.3

18.0

 

16.4

 

No

83.7

82.0

 

83.6

 

Have been associated with any other local community activities in any way at all in the last 18 months 1

  

0.23

 

0.52

Yes

17.8

19.6

 

16.8

 

No/Don't know/can't remember

82.2

80.3

 

83.0

 
  1. * denotes the category was statistically significantly different compared with KBA using adjusted standardized residuals greater than 2.0 and less than -2.0 (χ2 test)
  2. 1 – Kilburn Blair Athol survey compared to the HOS 2001, 18+ years only (face-to-face survey)
  3. 2 – Kilburn Blair Athol survey compared to the HM 2002, 18+ years (CATI survey)