An Intra-Ethnic Analysis of Social Affiliations Among Latinos in the United States.

HISPANIC Americans; CATHOLIC Church; SOCIOLOGY; ETHNIC groups; ETHNICITY; GROUP identity

Certain forms of capital exist in neighborhoods and represent possible resources across various groups that live there. Studies suggest the importance of social affiliations to acquire such resources and facilitate neighborhood involvement. However, limited research examines these dynamics for Latinos in the United States. This study considers the relationship between individual-level formal and informal ties (religious, kin, friendship, and employment), ethnicity, and social affiliations. Findings based on bivariate and logistic regression analyses show that, regardless of ethnicity, respondents tend to have educational, cultural, and church-related social affiliations. People from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are more likely to have social affiliations. And although education and age engender such affiliations, frequent religious attendance and Catholicism undermine them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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