White Ethnic Diversity in Small Town Iowa: A Multilevel Analysis of Community Attachment

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloe Flagg ◽  
Matthew A. Painter
Keyword(s):  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Community Attachment ◽  
White Ethnic

Voluntary Association Participation and White Ethnic Diversity in Rural Iowa Communities

2021 ◽  
pp. 089976402110574
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Painter
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Voluntary Associations ◽  
Voluntary Association ◽  
European Ancestry ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
White Ethnicity ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
White Ethnic ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Membership in voluntary associations is of core importance to civil society. In this study, I build on the large literature that focuses on how community racial/ethnic diversity affects individuals’ joining of—and participation within—voluntary associations. The central focus is on White ethnicity or European ancestry, which I analyze using the 2004 Iowa Community Survey and 2000 U.S. Census data. I find that White ethnic diversity is associated with fewer overall memberships and less frequent participation, with differing effects for various large groupings of voluntary organizations. I close our study by discussing the implications of my findings for organizations and the broader community.

scholarly journals Identification and ethnic diversity underlie support for multicultural rights: A multilevel analysis in Bulgaria

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Paolo Visintin ◽  
Eva G.T. Green ◽  
Diana Bakalova ◽  
Yolanda Zografova
Keyword(s):  
Multilevel Analysis ◽  
Ethnic Diversity

Going to Be Buried Right Here

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Wuthnow
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Average Length ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Reasons For Living ◽  
Slow Pace ◽  
Lower Standard ◽  
Authentic Place

This chapter examines what people mean when they say their town offers a slow pace of life or a more authentic place in which to raise children. It is unusual in contemporary America to find anyone whose family has lived in the same small town for as long as six generations. Even in small towns the average length of residence is only nineteen years. The chapter considers the residents' reasons for living where they do and what their perceptions tell us about the changing meanings of community. It shows that residents are fully aware of the disadvantages of living in a small town, but they compensate by, for example, organizing local cultural events and traveling more frequently to cities. The chapter concludes by considering the challenges and concerns that residents talk about as they see their communities changing, such as immigration, population decline, lower standard of living, and increasing racial and ethnic diversity.

scholarly journals A cohort study of the service-users of online contraception

2020 ◽  
pp. bmjsrh-2020-200610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Rezel-Potts ◽  
Melissa J Palmer ◽  
Caroline Free ◽  
Paula Baraitser
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Unplanned Pregnancy ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Oral Contraceptive Pills ◽  
White Ethnic

BackgroundIn January 2017, the first free service providing oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) ordered online and posted home became available in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark – ethnically and socioeconomically diverse areas with high rates of unplanned pregnancy. There are concerns that online services can increase health inequalities; therefore, we aimed to describe service-users according to age, ethnicity and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile of area of residence and to examine the association of these with repeated use.MethodsWe analysed routinely collected data from January 2017 to April 2018 and described service-users using available sociodemographic factors and information on patterns of use. Logistic regression analysis examined factors associated with repeat ordering of OCPs.ResultsThe service was accessed by 726 individuals; most aged between 20 and 29 years (72.5%); self-identified as being of white ethnic group (58.8%); and residents of the first and second most deprived IMD quintiles (79.2%). Compared with those of white ethnic group, those of black ethnic group were significantly less likely to make repeat orders (adjusted OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.31 to 0.89; p=0.001), as were those of Asian and mixed ethnic groups.ConclusionsThese are the first empirical findings on free, online contraception and suggest that early adopters broadly reflect the population of the local area in terms of ethnic diversity and deprivation as measured by IMD. Ongoing service development should prioritise the identification and removal of barriers which may inhibit repeat use for black and minority ethnic groups.

Wrestling with ethnic diversity: toward empowering health educators

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Kai ◽  
John Spencer ◽  
Nicola Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Health Educators
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