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Neighbours have been found to influence each other’s behaviour (contagion effect). However, little is known about the influence on sport club membership. This while increasing interest has risen for the social role of sport clubs. Sport clubs could bring people from different backgrounds together. A mixed composition is a key element in this social role. Individual characteristics are strong predictors of sport club membership. Western high educated men are more likely to be members. In contrast to people with a nonWestern migration background. The neighbourhood is a more fixed meeting place, which provides unique opportunities for people from different backgrounds to interact. This study aims to gain more insight into the influence of neighbours on sport club membership. This research looks especially at the composition of neighbour’s migration background, since they tend to be more or less likely to be members and therefore could encourage of inhibit each other. A population database including the only registry data of all Dutch inhabitants was merged with data of 11 sport unions. The results show a cross-level effect of neighbours on sport club membership. We find a contagion effect of neighbours’ migration background; having a larger proportion of neighbours with a migration background from a non-Western country reduces the odds, as expected. However, this contagion effect was not found for people with a Moroccan or Turkish background.
In het boek: "The spirit level, why equality is better for everyone" tonen de onderzoekers en auteurs Wilkinson & Pickett overtuigend aan hoe belangrijk de inkomensverdeling in een land is. Hoe kleiner de inkomensongelijkheid hoe beter de resultaten in het onderwijs, gezondheid en veiligheid. Een belangrijke politieke les!
De VS is in vele opzichten geen land dat ons tot voorbeeld kan dienen, zeker niet als het gaat om een rechtvaardige inkomensverdeling of inspirerend leiderschap. We kunnen echter echt wel wat van onze Atlantische overbuur leren als het gaat om evidence based werken in het sociaal domein.