Kinship, Social Networks, and Integration among Ozark Residents and Out-Migrants

Hendrix, Lewellyn

doi:10.2307/350553

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“…However, the strength of kin ties in principle may be their weakness in practice. Those who move long distances have less contact with kin than do those who stay (Hendrix, 1976), and less social support is exchanged when kin are geographically separated (Logan & Spitze, 1996;Roschelle, 1997). In contrast, movers do not differ from stayers in their contact with nonkin (Hendrix, 1976).…”

Section: Empirical Research: Residential Mobility and Exchangesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We improved on the methodological limitations of previous studies in several ways. First, because research on the effects of residential mobility has usually been conducted on small, nonrepresentative samples (Brett, 1980;Butler et al, 1973;Hendrix, 1976;Jones, 1973;McAllister et al, 1973), we analyzed data from a large sample representative of the U.S. population, and we controlled for demographic characteristics (age, household composition, social class, and race) associated with mobility and social resources. Second, previous studies have been primarily cross-sectional.…”

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Social capital, social currency, and portable assets: The impact of residential mobility on exchanges of social support

Magdol

Bessel

2003

Personal Relationships

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We examined the impact of physical distance on mobilized social capital resources. Social capital theory assumes that physical proximity and residential stability are prerequisites to social capital assets. We tested these assumptions using a two-wave panel sample from the National Survey of Families and Households consisting of respondents who experienced residential moves between waves. We found local duration since the last move to be beneficial for involvement in social exchanges. Mobility distance was related to deficits for some exchanges but not for others. Rather than a simple dichotomy between material resources that require proximity and nonmaterial resources that do not, we found that emotional and financial support are not affected by mobility distance but that tangible favors and companionship are affected negatively. Although kin exchanges are negatively affected by distant and recent mobility, nonkin exchanges are more extensive for respondents whose kin ties are more distant, suggesting a process of substitutability whereby nonkin may replace kin in the network. Our findings confirm the assumption of social capital theory about distance. They also point to the importance of adding the dimension of distance to exchange theory. Our study demonstrates that place has not lost all relevance in our highly technological postmodern society.

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Section: Empirical Research: Residential Mobility and Exchangesmentioning

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Section: Research Planmentioning

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Social capital, social currency, and portable assets: The impact of residential mobility on exchanges of social support

Magdol

Bessel

2003

Personal Relationships

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“…As a result both urban–rural balance (such as demographic structure) and intra urban balance (such as infrastructure capacity) are disturbed. “Migration can thus be seen as an intervening variable in the relationship between urbanization and industrialization on the one hand and the strength of informal ties on the other” (Hendrix, ).…”

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Establishing Parameters for Identification of Vulnerable Occupations in a Disaster Scenario in Gujarat, India

Srivastava¹,

Shaw²

2014

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Natural disasters in developing countries have direct and indirect economic effects, which impact the persons from all economic strata. While some can recover, many are left stranded in the aftermath of the disaster, deprived of earning opportunities. An effectual policy targeting this population, mostly engaged in low-income jobs or the informal sector of the economy, can be formulated only if the impact on these occupations can be competently computed. This paper establishes parameters to identify vulnerable occupations and gives direction to devise the strategy for "occupational resilience." The paper also shares the results of a preliminary study conducted in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, involving 40 disaster hit communities; victims of urban floods in the last decade, spatially distributed over urban, peri-urban and rural areas and validates the previously laid parameters at the field level. It also gives an insight into the communities' survival strategies and the issues that link the employment and urban-rural linkage elements to the disaster.

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“…There is in fact a long and rich tradition of research in the social sciences devoted to testing the theorists’ empirical predictions. The bulk of it comes under the umbrella of research on local ties (social contacts, sense of community, community sentiments) which has identified residential mobility – defined here, as in much of the previous literature, by the length of residence and homeownership status – as a key determinant (e.g., Hendrix ; Kasarda and Janowitz ; Litwak ; Sampson ). By contrast, physical mobility – defined here by access to private or public transport – (e.g., Kenyon, Rafferty and Lyons ), and virtual mobility – defined here as access to modern communication technologies – (e.g., Aronson ; Shklovski, Kraut and Rainie ) have received comparatively low attention for their role in shaping people's local associational ties.…”

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Neighbourhood social ties: how much do residential, physical and virtual mobility matter?

Knies

2013

British Journal of Sociology

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Following up on the prediction by classical sociological theorists that neighbours will become irrelevant as societies become more mobile, this research examines the strength of people's social ties with neighbours and the associations thereof with residential, physical and virtual mobility using longitudinal data for Germany. Unlike previous studies, the research considers the three forms of mobility simultaneously and contrasts its effects on social ties with neighbours to those with family. The results show that residential and physical mobility are negatively associated with social ties to neighbours and positively with ties to family. Virtual mobility does not weaken social ties with neighbours but ties with family. The positive association between mobility and social ties with family may not be strong enough to ascertain that people maintain as close social ties to others in the future as it does not outweigh the negative association with visiting neighbours.

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Kinship, Social Networks, and Integration among Ozark Residents and Out-Migrants

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Social capital, social currency, and portable assets: The impact of residential mobility on exchanges of social support

Social capital, social currency, and portable assets: The impact of residential mobility on exchanges of social support

Establishing Parameters for Identification of Vulnerable Occupations in a Disaster Scenario in Gujarat, India

Neighbourhood social ties: how much do residential, physical and virtual mobility matter?

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