From: Measuring social capital in a known disadvantaged urban community – health policy implications
Kilburn/Blair Athol | South Australia | Metropolitan Adelaide | |||
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% | % | 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 |