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When Spatial Dimension Matters: Comparing Personal Network Characteristics in Different Segregated Areas

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  • Éva Huszti

    (Institute of Political Science and Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Debrecen, Hungary)

  • Fruzsina Albert

    (Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary / Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Hungary)

  • Adrienn Csizmady

    (Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary / Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary)

  • Ilona Nagy

    (Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary)

  • Beáta Dávid

    (Institute for Sociology, Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary / Institute of Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Hungary)

Abstract

Living in segregated areas with concentrated neighbourhood poverty negatively affects the quality of life, including the availability of local jobs, access to services, and supportive social relationships. However, even with similar neighbourhood poverty levels, the degree and structure of spatial separation vary markedly between such areas. We expected that the level of spatial segregation aggravates the social exclusion of its inhabitants by negatively affecting their social capital. To test this hypothesis, we identified three low‐income neighbourhoods with high poverty rates (78%) in a medium‐sized town in Hungary, with different levels of integration in the city (based on characteristics such as the degree of spatial separation, infrastructure, and availability of services). The three neighbourhoods were located in two areas of differing degrees of integration in the fabric of the city: fully integrated, semi‐integrated (integrated into the surrounding residential area but isolated from the city), and non‐integrated. 69% of the 394 households in these areas were represented in our sample (one respondent per household). We interviewed respondents regarding the size and composition of their personal networks. Our results, which also distinguished between Roma and non‐Roma inhabitants, showed that those living in the spatially more integrated area not only have the largest and most diverse networks but seem to have a strong, “bonding‐based” cohesive community network as well. Even the non‐Roma who live there have ethnically heterogeneous—in other words—Roma network members. The disintegrated area, on the other hand, is characterised by both spatial and social isolation.

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  • Éva Huszti & Fruzsina Albert & Adrienn Csizmady & Ilona Nagy & Beáta Dávid, 2021. "When Spatial Dimension Matters: Comparing Personal Network Characteristics in Different Segregated Areas," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 375-387.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:9:y:2021:i:4:p:375-387
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    1. Gergő Tóth & Johannes Wachs & Riccardo Clemente & Ákos Jakobi & Bence Ságvári & János Kertész & Balázs Lengyel, 2021. "Inequality is rising where social network segregation interacts with urban topology," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.
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    1. Claire Bidart & Marion Maisonobe & Gil Viry, 2022. "Analysing Personal Networks in Geographical Space Beyond the Question of Distance," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(3), pages 233-247.
    2. Miranda J. Lubbers, 2021. "In Good Company? Personal Relationships, Network Embeddedness, and Social Inclusion," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(4), pages 203-210.

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