Social activity of local action groups’ members

Abstract

The analysis tries to characterise the intensity and structures of chosen civic activities of local activity groups members, active in the area of territorial partnerships. Their activity has been considered as one of factors of local activity groups’ social capital. The presentation itself omits political activity of LAG members and focuses on their social activity instead; both formal and informal ones. Such activities have been analysed both in the view of basic socio – demographic factors (as sex, age, occupation) and spatial differentiation (according to the voivodeships researched). The research results show some level of internal differentiation of activities in all dimensions mentioned above. As in representative survey researches, like conducted by CBOS or in case of succeeding editions of “diagnoza społeczna” (“Social Diagnosis”), researched activity has been influenced by sex, age and occupation, but – above all – determined by educational attainment and occupation. Territorial differentiation of LGA has also played some role. Generally, it may be concluded, that declared social activity of researched members of LAG stands out comparing general activity of other Poles, especially when we take into account that the analysis was conducted in rural environment.