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Joining Formal Voluntary Associations and Social Action among the Poor
Abstract
Data from a questionnaire administered to a stratified random sample
(N = 693) of the Lower East Side of New York City, by the Research
Dept of Mobilization for Youth, are used to see if persons of the Lcs
& Wcs who join formal voluntary organizations display a greater
readiness to take social action than do similar persons who do not
join such organizations. Generally, a greater % of members expressed
willingness to take social actions such as giving money, signing a
petition, meeting with public & private persons, & joining a
protest, than did nonmembers, & this difference remained when SC
was controlled for. Ethnic-racial origin was also found to be an
important variable, with a consistent ranking of willingness among
ethnic & racial groups. There also seems to be a rank ordering of
the social actions proposed in terms of willingness to participate. 4
Tables. M. Migalski.
Journal
(October 1973)
vol2
no4
pages224-229
Categories
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Membership Associations
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Voluntary and Member Associations
