Neighborhoods, People, and Community

1 A Community Focus.- Concept of Community.- The Research Context.- The Survey.- What Follows.- 2 The Community of Action.- Discussion of the Research Findings.- Personal Network.- Role of Place.- Socioeconomic Constraints.- Discussion.- Appendix A. Analysis of Various Aspects of Community by the Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Residents.- Utilization of Neighborhood Facilities.- Neighboring.- Organizational Involvement.- Kin in Neighborhood.- Friends in Neighborhood.- Work in Neighborhood.- Primary Social Relationships.- Intimate Ties.- 3 Attitudes about Neighborhoods.- Affective Sentiments.- Analysis.- Discussion of Results.- Quality of Life.- Social Fabric.- Respondent Characteristics.- Conclusion.- Appendix B. Description of the Independent Variables.- Quality of Life Variables.- Social Fabric Variables.- Respondent Characteristics.- 4 Religion, Life Cycle, and Race.- Reasons for Moving to the Neighborhood.- Things Liked Best about the Neighborhood.- Things Liked Least about the Neighborhood.- Planning to Remain in the Neighborhood.- Additional Analysis.- Conclusion.- 5 The Impact of Neighborhood Support Systems on the Individual.- The Model.- Description of the Variables.- Happiness and Life Satisfaction.- Health.- Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics.- Social Support System.- Neighborhood Attributes.- Satisfaction with Housing and Neighborhood.- Results.- Discussion.- 6 Neighborhood Social Fabric.- Internal and External Ties.- Relationships among the Variables.- Discussion.- Relationship to Neighborhood Attitudes.- Neighborhood Attachment.- Satisfaction.- Relationship to Life Happiness and Life Satisfaction.- Discussion.- 7 Social Fabric and Neighborhood Change.- The Model.- Analysis.- Lower-Income Neighborhoods.- Discussion.- 8 The Neighborhood Context.- Neighborhood Classification.- Affective Sentiments.- Use of Neighborhood Facilities.- Neighboring.- Social Supports.- Organizational Involvement.- Life Happiness.- Discussion.- 9 The