Living in segregated areas with concentrated neighbourhood poverty negatively affects the quality of life, including the availability of local jobs, access to services, and supportive social relationships. However, even with similar neighbourhood poverty levels, the degree and structure of spatial separation vary markedly between such areas. We expected that the level of spatial segregation aggravates the social exclusion of its inhabitants by negatively affecting their social capital. To test this hypothesis, we identified three low‐income neighbourhoods with high poverty rates (78%) in a medium‐sized town in Hungary, with different levels of integration in the city (based on characteristics such as the degree of spatial separation, infrastructure, and availability of services). The three neighbourhoods were located in two areas of differing degrees of integration in the fabric of the city: fully integrated, semi‐integrated (integrated into the surrounding residential area but isolated from the city), and non‐integrated. 69% of the 394 households in these areas were represented in our sample (one respondent per household). We interviewed respondents regarding the size and composition of their personal networks. Our results, which also distinguished between Roma and non‐Roma inhabitants, showed that those living in the spatially more integrated area not only have the largest and most diverse networks but seem to have a strong, “bonding‐based” cohesive community network as well. Even the non‐Roma who live there have ethnically heterogeneous—in other words—Roma network members. The disintegrated area, on the other hand, is characterised by both spatial and social isolation.

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当空间维度很重要时：比较不同隔离区域的个人网络特征

生活在社区贫困集中的隔离地区会对生活质量产生负面影响，包括当地就业机会、服务获取和支持性社会关系。然而，即使具有相似的邻里贫困水平，这些地区之间空间分离的程度和结构也存在显着差异。我们预计，空间隔离的程度会通过对其社会资本产生负面影响而加剧对其居民的社会排斥。为了验证这一假设，我们在匈牙利的一个中等城镇中确定了三个贫困率高（78%）的低收入社区，在城市中具有不同程度的整合（基于空间分离程度、基础设施等特征）和服务的可用性）。这三个社区位于城市结构中两个不同程度的融合区域：完全融合、半融合（与周边居民区融合但与城市隔离）和非融合。我们的样本中有这些地区 394 户家庭中的 69%（每户一名受访者）。我们就个人网络的规模和构成对受访者进行了采访。我们的结果也区分了罗姆人和非罗姆人居民，结果表明，生活在空间更加一体化的地区的人不仅拥有最大和最多样化的网络，而且似乎也拥有一个强大的、“基于联系”的凝聚力社区网络. 即使是居住在那里的非罗姆人也有种族异质的——换句话说——罗姆人网络成员。另一方面，被瓦解的区域，