Abstract:
This is a study that aims to determine middle-aged men's participation in formal
associations, and its relationship with educational attainment, occupation, and
income. The study areas are two urbanizing communities, Barangays Malamig
and Mamplasan in the Municipality of Binan, Laguna. These barangays are hosts
of two industrial parks. The study uses Ferdinand Tonnies, Theory of
Gesellschaft which tells that the people living in Gesellschaft create and join
formal associations to pursue individual interests. The characteristics of middle
aged men, that is, educational attainment, occupation and income are taken as
independent variables, and participation in formal associations as the dependent
variable. Sixty or 15% of the middle-aged men in Barangays Malamig and
Mamplasan were interviewed as respondents of the study. The level of
participation is measured by adapting the Chapin Social Participation Scale
which is modified by the researcher to meet the needs of the study. The data
gathered are cross-tabulated, and illustrated in tables and figures. To analyze the
relationship between dependent and independent variables, the statistical
technique of correlation is employed. The study finds out that the relationship
between participation in formal associations, and educational attainment,
occupation, and income is weak and insignificant.
