关系特质与社会支持——以北京市城市贫困家庭为例

本文考察了城市贫困家庭社会网络的关系特质与其提供的社会支持内容之间的关系。研究发现:在城市贫困家庭的社会关系网络中,家庭经济条件较好者更倾向于提供经济方面的支持,职业声望较高者更倾向于提供就业和经济方面的支持;见面频度与所有支持项目都有显著关系,即见面频度越高,提供支持的可能性越大;在关系类型方面,亲属,特别是近亲,是城市贫困家庭获取多种社会支持的最主要来源。

The Characteristic of Relation and Social Supports

Taking an example of Beijing's urban poor families,this paper investigates the relationship between the characteristics of the social networks in urban poor families and the social supports provided by the social networks of urban poor families.The findings show that: families with better economic conditions are more likely to provide economic support;families with higher occupational prestige are more likely to provide both economic and employment support.There are a close relation between the frequency of meetings with members of social networks and support projects,that is,the higher frequency of meetings,the greater possibilities of support.As for the relation type,the findings also show that the social supports that urban poor families get stem mainly from their relatives,especially their close relatives.