ABSTRACT
In assessing the social control resources of the ten neighborhoods: the demographic characteristics of local residents, the perceived ability of local activists to generate response from bureaucratic and political agencies, neighborhood support systems provided by high levels of informal integration, and the perceived effectiveness of local groups in involving neighborhood residents and in solving local problems. The assessment of social integration is based on two measures derived from the survey data: Formal integration reflected in the percentage of respondents reporting involvement in community affairs, the informal interaction of community residents with each other. The informal social integration construct was used to categorize neighborhood residents as high, moderate, or low integrates. High social integration suggests that residents feel a part of the neighborhood and have a wide range of acquaintances there. This could well result from informal neighboring activities that tend to increase with long-term residence in an area. Formal organizations are not as important to socially integrated residents.
