The Kindness of Strangers Revisited: A Comparison of 24 US Cities

Autor/inn/en	Levine, Robert V.; Reysen, Stephen; Ganz, Ellen
Titel	The Kindness of Strangers Revisited: A Comparison of 24 US Cities
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 85 (2008) 3, S.461-481 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-007-9091-9
Schlagwörter	Field Studies; Poverty; Altruism; Crime; Purchasing; Helping Relationship; Urban Areas; Correlation; Social Influences; Socioeconomic Influences; Economic Factors; Demography; Predictor Variables; Population Distribution; Comparative Analysis; Community Characteristics; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Praxisforschung; Armut; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Beschaffungswesen; Kauf; Helfende Beziehung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Korrelation; Sozialer Einfluss; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Ökonomischer Faktor; Demografie; Prädiktor; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; USA
Abstract	Three field studies compared helping behavior across a sample of 24 small, medium and large cities across the United States. The relationship of helping to statistics reflecting the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of these communities was then examined. The strongest predictors of city differences in helping were population size, population density, economic purchasing power and, to a somewhat lesser extent, walking speed. Changes in several community variables over the past decade were also associated with helping: population size, economic well-being as measured by both purchasing power and poverty rates, and crime rates. These data were compared to similar data collected 13-15 years ago. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10