Ade Kearns*, Mark Petticrew**, Phil Mason* and Elise Whitley*
* Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow
** London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, formerly of the
MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow
Scottish Government Social Research
2008
ISSN 0950 2254
ISBN 978 0 7559 7278 4 (Web only publication)
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
The SHARP study
The analysis
Research outputs
CHAPTER TWO LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
Use of local amenities
Community participation
Summary
CHAPTER THREE SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND NEIGHBOURING
Size of local social networks
Local social support
Neighbouring
Summary
CHAPTER FOUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY
Belonging
Community cohesion
Community empowerment
Summary
CHAPTER FIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND COLLECTIVE EFFICACY
Sense of safety in the community
Collective efficacy (informal social control)
Summary
CHAPTER SIX SOCIAL AND COMMUNTIY OUTCOMES IN REGENERATION AREAS
Local participation
Sense of community
Community safety and collective efficacy
Summary
CHAPTER SEVEN OVERVIEW OF FINDINGS
Rehousing
Dwelling transition
Dwelling changes
Neighbourhood relocation
Neighbourhood changes
Regeneration areas
CHAPTER EIGHT POLICY IMPLICATIONS
List of tables
Table 1.1 SHARP household survey Waves 1 and 3
Table 2.1 Change in mean number of local amenities
Table 2.2 Absolute numbers of reported local amenities by relocation status (Intervention Group only)
Table 2.3 Use of local amenities (percentage of those available that are used)
Table 2.4 Use of local amenities by household type at Wave 1 (Intervention and Control Groups combined)
Table 2.5 Change in participation by availability of a garden (Intervention Group)
Table 2.6 Change in participation by change in perceptions of local anti-social behaviour and crime problems
Table 3.1 Length of residence vs. number of family nearby in wave 1
Table 3.2 Household type vs. number of family nearby in wave 1
Table 3.3 Length of residence vs. number of friends nearby in wave 1
Table 3.4 Household type vs. number of friends nearby in wave 1
Table 3.5 Change in mean size of local social networks (Wave 1 to Wave 3)
Table 3.6 Change in mean size of social network by relocation status
Table 3.7 Change in size of local social networks by dwelling transition (Intervention Group)
Table 3.8 Neighbouring at Wave 3, Intervention vs. Control
Table 3.9 Change in privacy and quiet and change in neighbouring
Table 4.1 Change in community cohesion by change in dwelling privacy (Intervention Group)
Table 4.2 Change in community cohesion by acquisition of a garden (Intervention Group)
Table 4.3 Effect of change in neighbourhood infrastructure and services on change in cohesion (Intervention Group)
table 4.4 Effect of change in neighbourhood anti-social behaviour and crime on change in cohesion (intervention group)
Table 4.5 Effect of change in dwelling privacy on change in empowerment (Intervention Group)
Table 4.6 Effect of change in neighbourhood infrastructure on change in empowerment (Intervention Group)
Table 5.1 Change in safety by dwelling transition (Intervention Group)
Table 5.2 Effect of change in dwelling space on change in sense of safety (Intervention Group)
Table 5.3 Effect of change in dwelling privacy on change in safety (Intervention Group)
Table 5.4 Effect of change in neighbourhood infrastructure and services on change in safety (Intervention Group)
Table 5.5 Effect of change in neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour on change in safety (Intervention Group)
Table 5.6 Change in collective efficacy by dwelling transition (Intervention Group)
Table 5.7 Effect of change in dwelling privacy on change in collective efficacy (Intervention Group)
Table 5.8 Effect of change in neighbourhood infrastructure on change in social control (Intervention Group)
Table 5.9 Effect of change in neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour on change in social control (Intervention Group)
Table 6.1 Community participation by SIP status (mean number of activities)
Table 6.2 Sense of belonging by SIP status
Table 6.3 Community cohesion by SIP status
Table 6.4 Community empowerment by SIP status
Table 6.5 Community safety by SIP status
Table 6.6 Collective efficacy by SIP status
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do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.