Macro- and microlevel factors related to sense of community: The case of temporary neighborhoods in Israel |
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Authors: | Shifra Sagy Eliahu Stern Shaul Krakover |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel |
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Abstract: | This study examines macro and micro factors influencing the development of sense of community (Davidson & Cotter, 1980) in
two different populations (immigrants and veterans) in new temporary neighborhoods in Israel. At the macrolevel, the major
factors examined were population size, population density, number of dwelling units in the site, urbanity of the area, ethnic
heterogeneity, and peripheriality of the region. Three kinds of variables were examined on the microlevel: (a) personal attitudes:
evaluation of the dwelling unit and satisfaction with public services; (b) social networks; and (c) sociodemographic characteristics.
Data were collected from 242 immigrants from the former USSR and from 60 Israeli veterans, residing in 5 different sites.
Two different patterns of predictors of sense of community emerged in the two different samples. In the veteran sample, only
one macrolevel variable entered the stepwise analysis equation: the number of dwelling units in the site. In the immigrant
sample, three significant microlevel factors entered the equation: evaluation of the dwelling unit, external network, and
age. The data thus suggest that the major determinant factors underlying sense of community vary for different groups of people.
The paper is based on a study initiated and financed by the Ministry of Housing and Construction, the Unit of Social Policy,
Israel. |
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Keywords: | sense of community temporary neighborhoods ethnic heterogeneity Israel |
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