Charity Density and Social Need: A Longitudinal Perspective

McDonnell, Diarmuid; Mohan, John; Norman, Paul

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“…Nonprofits have the ability to substantially augment neighborhood processes (Mayer, 2022b). However, current research on nonprofit density is limited, primarily to cross‐sectional studies, and provides mixed evidence with respect to race and poverty, as current evidence suggests nonprofits may locate in areas with higher or lower need (McDonnell et al, 2020; Wo, 2018). As a result, further research is needed to understand where the benefits of social capital accrue.…”

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Social capital and the nonprofit infrastructure; an ecological study of child maltreatment

Mayer

2023

Journal Community Psychology

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Child maltreatment is a significant social problem that responds to neighborhood conditions, including disorder and support. Using administrative sources with the census response rate and geocoded nonprofit tax forms in a cross‐sectional ecological design (N = 443), this article explores two understudied supportive factors in neighborhoods: aggregate social capital and nonprofit organizations. A series of Poisson models show aggregate social capital and nonprofit density are negatively related to child maltreatment rates, while the relationship between social capital and child maltreatment rates varies by the number of nonprofits present in the neighborhood. The results provide new insights into the ecology of child maltreatment and illustrate the importance of norms and formal organizations when addressing collective action problems.

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Social capital and the nonprofit infrastructure; an ecological study of child maltreatment

Mayer

2023

Journal Community Psychology

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“…There may be merit in attempting similar work with the time-series of inputs used in one principal components analysis. A potential source for time and geographic consistent inputs is the gridded data from 'PopChange' (see Lloyd et al, 2017aand used in Lloyd et al, 2017band Mohan et al, 2020. Exeter et al (2019) also demonstrate how attributes about area populations can be grouped into common trajectories over time.…”

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Analysing Socio-Economic Change Using a Time Comparable Geodemographic Classification: England and Wales, 1991–2011

McLachlan

Norman

2020

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Geodemographic classifications are used to understand social phenomena. Within the private sector, for business planning accounting for underlying spatial differences in economic, social and demographic composition of geographical areas. In the public sector geodemographic classifications are used in health, local governance and social research. Bespoke geodemographic systems help public health authorities to target neighbourhoods most at need of health campaigns.Geodemographic classifications are invariably cross-sectional and static. Having comparable geodemographic classifications over a period of time will help demonstrate changes in socioeconomic and demographic structures. A time-comparable geodemographic scheme can bring out changes in multivariable compositional characteristics which are otherwise hidden by cross-sectional measures. This paper reports on variable selection, the conversion of inputs to a consistent geography and the creation of directly comparable geodemographic classifications of small areas across England and Wales for 1991, 2001 and 2011. Changes and stability in area characteristics are then analysed.The results show that most neighbourhoods are allocated into the same area type over time. Where there is change, this can be themed as: Socio-economic polarisation, characterised by a decrease in neighbourhoods found in the middle of the socio-economic spectrum, with an increase in number of areas at either end; Growth in the number of neighbourhoods with non-White ethnic residents, mainly Black ethnic minorities and Asian based communities and; Reorganisation and increase in classifications relating to urban areas, signalling development or growth of metropolitan areas.

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“…Generally, we found no moderating effect of area deprivation, suggesting that the positive wellbeing associated with volunteering occurs regardless of where people live. The lack of a neighbourhood deprivation effect may reflect a more equal number of voluntary organisations in the least and most deprived areas [54] and a growth of place-based funding streams that encourage residents in deprived areas to engage in voluntary and community work (e.g., through creating safer neighbourhoods, ensuring well-maintained voluntary organisations, and providing wide ranging voluntary activities and flexible volunteering hours). However, there are other potential explanations too.…”

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Relationships between Volunteering, Neighbourhood Deprivation and Mental Wellbeing across Four British Birth Cohorts: Evidence from 10 Years of the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Mak

Coulter

2022

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Volunteering is associated with greater mental, physical and social wellbeing. However, less is known about whether the health benefits of volunteering vary with two sets of factors known to shape population health and health-related behaviours: (1) age and birth cohort, and (2) place of residence. This study examined how these factors influence the relationship between volunteering and self-reported mental health using five waves of data from Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) enriched with information on neighbourhood deprivation (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2015). Two self-reported mental health and wellbeing outcomes were examined: mental distress (GHQ-12) and health-related quality of life (SF-12). The sample was stratified by cohort: pre-1945 (born before 1945), Baby Boomers (born 1945–1964), Gen X (born 1965–1979), and Millennials (born from 1980). Fixed-effects regressions revealed that volunteering was associated with reduced levels of mental distress and greater levels of health-related quality of life in older generations, but not amongst younger generations. No moderating effect of area deprivation was found. This study suggests that generational social attitudes and changes in how volunteering is portrayed and delivered could influence not only whether people volunteer, but also whether doing so bolsters health.

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Charity Density and Social Need: A Longitudinal Perspective

Cited by 16 publications

References 27 publications

Social capital and the nonprofit infrastructure; an ecological study of child maltreatment

Social capital and the nonprofit infrastructure; an ecological study of child maltreatment

Analysing Socio-Economic Change Using a Time Comparable Geodemographic Classification: England and Wales, 1991–2011

Relationships between Volunteering, Neighbourhood Deprivation and Mental Wellbeing across Four British Birth Cohorts: Evidence from 10 Years of the UK Household Longitudinal Study

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