Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester

The information below was taken from the 3 City Survey. 

Neighbourhood reciprocity in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester

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Roughly 22% of Glasgow respondents perceived their neighbourhood to have a high level of reciprocity (i.e. one where ‘people do things together and try to help each other’). However, a higher percentage of the Liverpool (30%) sample believed their neighbourhood to be one with high levels of reciprocity compared with the Glasgow sample, which in turn was higher than the figure for Manchester (16%).

Reciprocity- Returning a lost wallet in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester

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Reciprocity was also assessed by a question which asked how likely it would be that a lost wallet or purse (containing their address details) would be returned intact. As the chart above shows, the percentage of respondents believing that this would be a ‘very likely’ or ‘quite likely’ outcome was lower in Glasgow (27%) compared with Liverpool (40%), although similar to the figure for Manchester (29%).

Reciprocity - Exchanging favours in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester

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As with the question on the return of a lost wallet or purse, reciprocity in terms of exchanging small favours was lower in Glasgow compared with Liverpool, but not compared with Manchester. As the chart above shows, around 47% of respondents in Glasgow said they exchanged such favours with neighbours compared with roughly 64% in Liverpool and 42% in Manchester.

Examples of ‘small favours’ included leaving a key to let in a repair man, feeding pets or picking up items from a local shop.

Trust in Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester

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The chart above shows that a lower percentage of respondents in Glasgow (21.5%) compared with those in Liverpool (27%) and Manchester (25%) believed that most people could be trusted.  In the report of this work, it was also noted that the same differences in levels of trust between the cities were seen for both genders, in most age groups (especially the youngest) and in most area types (especially the least deprived).

Notes

The 3 City Survey was carried out in partnership between the Glasgow Centre for Population Health and Health Scotland.  The full report can be found here.

The survey was carried out between July and November 2011.  The sample size was 3,701 in total (1,288 in Glasgow, 1,202 in Liverpool and 1,211 in Manchester). This was achieved with an overall 55% response rate, ranging from 53% in Manchester to 58% in Glasgow (the rate for Liverpool was 55%), and from 53% in the least deprived areas of the three cities to 58% in the most deprived areas.