Urban Studies Research

Research Article

Associational Involvement in Dutch Municipalities and Neighbourhoods: Does Ethnic Diversity Influence Bonding and Bridging Involvement?

Table 1

Variance components municipality and neighbourhood level.
 Bonding versus not involvedBridging versus not involvedBridging versus bonding
 M0M1M0M1M0M1
Leisure       
 Municipality .193.166.024.000.128.055
 Neighbourhood .054.067.000.000.000.000
Interest      
 Municipality.758.810.301.315.091.046
 Neighbourhood .357.342.326.360.135.190
Sources: Netherlands Longitudinal Lifecourse Survey [20].
M0 = null model (random intercept only); M1 = random intercept + individual level variables. BOND = involved in bonding voluntary association; BRID = involved in bridging voluntary association; NI = not involved in voluntary association.