Table 2

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

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


* 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)

1 – Kilburn Blair Athol survey compared to the HOS 2001, 18+ years only (face-to-face survey)

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

Taylor et al. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2006 3:2   doi:10.1186/1743-8462-3-2