scholarly journals The Effects of Mobility Expectation on Community Attachment: A Multilevel Model Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3441
Author(s):  
Taesoo Song ◽  
Up Lim
Keyword(s):  
Multilevel Model ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Significant Determinant ◽  
Community Attachment ◽  
Residential Stability ◽  
Length Of Residence ◽  
Systemic Model ◽  
Gyeonggi Province ◽  
Model Approach

According to the systemic model of community attachment, high residential stability serves as a precondition on which residents build formal and informal social ties within their communities, ultimately resulting in increased community attachment. However, previous studies have only measured residents’ length of residence in the community to measure residential stability, not considering whether expectations of staying in the community in the future affect residents’ community attachment. This study aims to test if mobility expectation influences residents’ community attachment by employing the logistic multilevel model to analyze 31,159 householders from 31 municipalities in Gyeonggi Province, Korea. The results show that residents’ mobility expectation, in addition to the length of residence, is a significant determinant of community attachment after controlling for individual and regional-level covariates. The results provide implications for urban and regional policies aiming to promote community attachment and participation among residents in the age of increasing residential mobility.

Grown Local: Community Attachment and Market Entries in the Franconian Beer Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Cruz ◽  
Nikolaus Beck ◽  
Filippo Carlo Wezel
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Local Community ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Community Attachment ◽  
Residential Stability ◽  
Beer Industry ◽  
Unfavorable Effect ◽  
Strong Connectedness ◽  
Positive Effect

Geographic communities are often thought to support new ventures, particularly when newcomers are able to replicate incumbents’ characteristics. This paper elaborates on the conditions under which geographic communities may hinder the action of newcomers. Particular attention is dedicated to the case in which incumbents’ identities build on community traditions and rely on strong connectedness with community inhabitants, as these factors are difficult for newcomers to replicate. We explore this question within the context of market entries in the Franconian microbrewery industry. The results of our empirical analysis confirm that geographic communities exert an unfavorable effect on the entry of new organizations when incumbents are deeply attached to the community. Conversely, when incumbents relate poorly to the community, residential stability within the community displays a positive effect on founding.

scholarly journals Influence of Neighborhood Environment on Korean Adult Obesity Using a Bayesian Spatial Multilevel Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 3991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee ◽  
Lee ◽  
Choi ◽  
Choi
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Multilevel Model ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Community Health Survey ◽  
Korean Adult ◽  
Gyeonggi Province ◽  
Neighborhood Environments ◽  
Lower Population

Previous studies using spatial statistical modeling that account for spatial associations between geographic areas are scarce. Therefore, this study examines the association between neighborhood environment and obesity using a Bayesian spatial multilevel model. Data from 78,014 adults living in Gyeonggi province in Korea were drawn from the 2013–2014 Korean Community Health Survey. Korean government databases and ArcGIS software (version 10.1, ESRI, Redlands, CA) were used to measure the neighborhood environment for 546 administrative districts of Gyeonggi province. A Bayesian spatial multilevel model was implemented across gender and age groups. The findings indicate that women aged 19–39 years who lived in neighborhoods farthest away from parks were more likely to be obese. Men aged 40–59 years who lived in neighborhoods farther from public physical activity facilities and with lower population density were more likely to be obese. Obesity for women aged 19–39 years was the most spatially dependent, while obesity for women aged 40–59 years was the least spatially dependent. The results suggest that neighborhood environments that provide more opportunities for physical activity are negatively related to obesity. Therefore, the creation of physical activity in favorable neighborhood environments, considering gender and age, may be a valuable strategy to reduce obesity.

Does Personal Experience in a Community Increase or Decrease Newspaper Reading?

1996 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Pearce Demers
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Community Attachment ◽  
Data Support ◽  
Student Newspapers ◽  
Attachment Model

Many agenda-setting researchers argue that personal experience with issues or events in a community diminishes use of mass media. This study challenges this notion and, drawing on the community attachment model, hypothesizes that personal experience normally will increase newspaper reading. Personal experience increases reading because rarely is it identical or isomorphic with news coverage, especially in pluralistic systems, and because, like social ties in general, personal experience often stimulates additional needs for information. Data support the key hypothesis when it comes to reading of the local community weekly and student newspapers, but not for the metropolitan newspaper.

Maintaining Safety in the Prison Environment: A Multilevel Analysis of Inmate Victimisation in Assaults

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1091-1113
Author(s):  
Mark V. A. Howard ◽  
Simon P. Corben ◽  
Alessandra Raudino ◽  
Jennifer J. Galouzis
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Multilevel Model ◽  
New South ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Routine Activities Theory ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Prison Environment ◽  
Facility Level ◽  
Model Approach

Theoretical models of victimisation emphasise the importance of context. However, few studies have assessed the influence of prison environmental variables on inmate harm in physical assaults. This study used a multilevel model approach to examine individual- and facility-level factors associated with the incidence of assaults among inmates housed at correctional centres in New South Wales, Australia. Results supported proposals that institutional routines and conditions may have an influence on risk. Inmates, who spent less time in employment, were placed in special housing arrangements such as protection, or were located in sites with higher security designations or longer routine hours out of cells were more likely to be harmed in assaults. In addition, more than 40% of variance in assaults was associated with differences across correctional centre sites. We draw on routine activities theory to explain relationships between different prison contexts, provision of guardianship, and exposure to motivated offenders in assault outcomes.

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