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

Table 3 Social capital dimensions for Kilburn/Blair Athol compared to South Australia and Metropolitan Adelaide

	Kilburn/Blair Athol	South Australia		Metropolitan Adelaide
	%	%	P value	%	P value
SOCIAL PARTICIPATION IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS ²
Played sport			<0.001		<0.001
Once a week or more	18.2	28.4	*	28.3	*
A few times a month/monthly	5.7	7.8	*	7.4
A few times a year/rarely	7.7	10.8	*	11.3	*
Never	68.5	53.1	*	53.0	*
Gone to the gym or an exercise class			<0.001		<0.001
Once a week or more	9.2	18.0	*	19.8	*
A few times a month/monthly	3.7	4.0		4.5
A few times a year/rarely	7.2	4.6	*	4.6	*
Never	79.9	73.5	*	71.1	*
Gone to a Self-help or support group			<0.001		<0.001
Once a week or more to monthly	7.0	3.4	*	3.4	*
A few times a year/rarely	3.7	3.1		2.9
Never	89.3	93.6	*	93.7	*
Gone to a social club			0.005		0.10
Once a week or more to monthly	21.2	26.2	*	24.2
A few times a year/rarely	9.2	10.5		10.6
Never	69.7	63.3	*	65.2
Gone to a café or restaurant			<0.001		<0.001
Once a week or more to monthly	51.9	69.0	*	72.4	*
A few times a year/rarely	26.5	22.9	*	21.2	*
Never	21.6	8.1	*	6.3	*
Gone to a club, pub or bar			<0.001		<0.001
Once a week or more to monthly	44.5	49.5	*	48.3
A few times a year/rarely	20.3	27.3	*	26.2	*
Never	35.1	23.3	*	25.5	*
Gone to watch a sports event			<0.001		<0.001
Once a week or more to monthly	22.5	33.8	*	32.1	*
A few times a year/rarely	20.7	24.9	*	24.8	*
Never	56.8	41.2	*	43.1	*
Gone to a party or dance			<0.001		<0.001
Once a week or more to monthly	19.4	28.8	*	30.5	*
A few times a year/rarely	32.9	45.3	*	44.4	*
Never	47.6	25.9	*	25.2	*

* 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 – Kilburn Blair Athol survey compared to the HM 2002, 18+ years (CATI survey)