Building Community: The Neighborhood Context of Local Social Organization
TMA 03
Using the data in the table provided on pages 20 and 21, what can you say about the relationships people have with their neighbours and immediate community?
Provided is a table, which was taken from a study by the research consultancy ICM on different aspects of neighbouring. This table looks at the responses of people to answers on neighbouring, using different groupings. On the top, the general heading shows the gender, age, social class and regions. The horizontal axis identifies the answers that were give, lead by the weighted base. The header gender divides into three subheadings, the total of all the people that were asked separated into male and female. The next general heading- the age_ divides into 6 different age groups, beginning at the age of 18 and ending in 65+. From the age of 25 there is an increase of 9.
Social class, another general heading is separated into 4 subheadings, while the general heading regions divides into 5 subheadings.
So, the horizontal axis describes some characteristics of the people which were asked.
What are the main patterns in this table?
The row gender, here divided into male and female, doesn’t reveal any huge differences in the percentage of how those questions were answered. The percentages are quite close together.
The row social class, with 4 different subheadings, reveals, that there is only one huge difference in question one: “I have a very good relationship with my neighbours”. Class AB with the highest percentage of 46% and Class C2 the lowest with 32%. A difference of 14%.
Wales & South West, as one subheading of the general heading region, seems to have the best relationship with their neighbours with a percentage of 42%, examining answer one, followed by the Midlands. But here also, it is only a difference of 10% in total in comparison to Scotland, where it is 32%
The biggest difference of a good relationship to neighbours is to find at the general heading age. The
Using the data in the table provided on pages 20 and 21, what can you say about the relationships people have with their neighbours and immediate community?
Provided is a table, which was taken from a study by the research consultancy ICM on different aspects of neighbouring. This table looks at the responses of people to answers on neighbouring, using different groupings. On the top, the general heading shows the gender, age, social class and regions. The horizontal axis identifies the answers that were give, lead by the weighted base. The header gender divides into three subheadings, the total of all the people that were asked separated into male and female. The next general heading- the age_ divides into 6 different age groups, beginning at the age of 18 and ending in 65+. From the age of 25 there is an increase of 9.
Social class, another general heading is separated into 4 subheadings, while the general heading regions divides into 5 subheadings.
So, the horizontal axis describes some characteristics of the people which were asked.
What are the main patterns in this table?
The row gender, here divided into male and female, doesn’t reveal any huge differences in the percentage of how those questions were answered. The percentages are quite close together.
The row social class, with 4 different subheadings, reveals, that there is only one huge difference in question one: “I have a very good relationship with my neighbours”. Class AB with the highest percentage of 46% and Class C2 the lowest with 32%. A difference of 14%.
Wales & South West, as one subheading of the general heading region, seems to have the best relationship with their neighbours with a percentage of 42%, examining answer one, followed by the Midlands. But here also, it is only a difference of 10% in total in comparison to Scotland, where it is 32%
The biggest difference of a good relationship to neighbours is to find at the general heading age. The
References: Taylor,S.(2009)”Who do we think we are? Identities in everyday life” in Taylor,S.,Hinchcliffe,S.,Clarke,J.and Bromley,S.(eds) Making Social Lives,Milton Keynes,The Open University Hinchcliffe,S.(2009)”Connecting people and places” inTaylor,S.,Hinchcliffe,S.,Clarke,J.and Bromley,S.(eds) Making Social Lives,Milton Keynes,The Open University Byford,J.(2009) “Living together,living apart:the social life of the neighbourhood in Taylor,S.,Hinchcliffe,S.,Clarke,J.and Bromley,S.(eds) Making Social Lives,Milton Keynes,The Open University End of TMA03 part 2 Word count: 658