Ethnic Identity and Social Cohesion Among Condominium Neighborhoods: the Case of Yeka Ayat 2 Condominium Residents
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2020
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In this research, the question of whether ethnic identification is associated with social cohesion
among ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Yeka Ayat 2, Condominium, Addis Ababa was
assessed. To address the research questions of the study adequately, a quantitative method was
applied. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and 261 participants
sampled by simple random sampling. The analysis of the data involved descriptive statistics,
Pearson correlation, linear regression, and multivariate analysis tests. The survey result shows
that ethnic identification is less negatively related to neighborhood social cohesion, Pearson
correlation -.21, p < .01. However, the linear regression shows that 4.4% of the variance in
neighborhood social cohesion is predicted from the level of ethnic identification. Since the
coefficient determination is significant, overall, the predictor variable is accounted for a
significant amount of variance in neighborhood social cohesion. Moreover, the multilevel
regression analysis shows that gender and ethnicity are unrelated to neighborly relation.
Whereas difference in levels of education is significantly associated with neighborhood social
cohesion, which is 13.5 % of the effect size of the variability in social cohesion is accounted for
by differences in levels of education. Therefore, in this paper, I argue that ethnic identity and
difference in the levels of education reduces the levels of cohesiveness among newly formed
neighborhood residents at Yeka Ayat 2 Condominium
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Ethnic Identity, Ethnic Identification, Social Cohesion, Neighborhood