Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0060607

Zusammenfassung

This project examines which sociocultural differentiated groups - or social milieus - exist in the middle classes of Kenya´s capital Nairobi and how it is possible to grasp the sociocultural characteristics in a conceptual frame. Preliminary results of empirical research in Nairobi show that sociocultural influences like ethnicity, the relation to the extended family, or forms of religiosity differentiate the realities of life among members in the middle income stratum - a culturally homogenous class does not exist. On the basis of already collected data, the project examines first wh...