Community Gardening, Neighborhood Meetings, and Social Capital

Autor/inn/en	Alaimo, Katherine; Reischl, Thomas M.; Allen, Julie Ober
Titel	Community Gardening, Neighborhood Meetings, and Social Capital
Quelle	In: Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (2010) 4, S.497-514 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-4392
DOI	10.1002/jcop.20378
Schlagwörter	Social Capital; Participation; Gardening; Neighborhoods; Measures (Individuals); Telephone Surveys; Organizations (Groups); Group Activities; Correlation; Health; Family (Sociological Unit); Regression (Statistics); Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialkapital; Teilnahme; Gartenarbeit; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Messdaten; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Gruppenaktivität; Korrelation; Gesundheit; Familie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	This study examined associations between participation in community gardening/beautification projects and neighborhood meetings with perceptions of social capital at both the individual and neighborhood levels. Data were analyzed from a cross-sectional stratified random telephone survey conducted in Flint, Michigan (N=1916). Hierarchical linear and logistic regression analyses were used to study associations, controlling for individual and Census block group-level confounders. At the individual level, household involvement in community gardening/beautification activities and in neighborhood meetings were associated with residents' perceptions of bonding social capital, linking social capital, and neighborhood norms and values. Household involvement in gardening/beautification and meetings had stronger associations with residents' perceptions of social capital than did neighborhood-level involvement measures. Results suggest involvement in neighborhood meetings augment the individual and neighborhood-wide perceptions of social capital associated with community gardening and beautification projects. Neighborhood community gardens' impact on neighborhood residents' perceptions of social capital can be enhanced by neighborhood-wide meetings. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10