Rural Urban Differences

RURAL-URBAN RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES SOROKIN AND ZIMMERMAN Summarized Differences

Rural community 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Majority depend on agricultre Evnir Evniron onm mentent-dir direc ectt rela relati tion onshi ship p with with natu nature re Size Size of comm commun unity ity-i -iss smal smalll Dens Densit ity y of popul populat atio ionn-le less ss dens densit ity y Rura Rurall com communi munitie tiess more ore hom homogene ogeneou ouss Territo erritoria riall occupa occupatio tional nal social social mobil mobilityity-les lesss Joint Joint fam family ily syst system em prev prevai aili ling ng Social Social strati stratific ficati ation on ,socia ,sociall differ different entiat iationion-les lesss Social Social inter interact action ion is narrow narrow,, intim intimate ate face face to face face contacts. Balanced personality development Culture-conservative custom bound

Urban community 1. non-agricultural occupations 2. arti artifi fici cial al envi enviro ronm nmen entt 3. size size of com communi munityty-mu much ch larg larger  er  4. dens densit ity y of popul populat ationion-m more ore 5. more ore hete hetero roge gene neou ouss 6. mobil mobility ity more more intens intensive ive 7. nucl nuclea earr fam familie iliess found found 8. strati stratific ficati ation, on,dif differ ferent entiat iation-m ion-more ore 9. social social intera interacti ction on is wider wider,, 10. personality disorders 11. free from conservatism and traditions

12. Role of voluntary organizations organizations is less

12. role of voluntary voluntary organizations organizations is very high

13. The cost of living is simple

13. cost of living is very high

14. Process of social change is slow

14. process of social change is very fast

15. Social values values are respected respected and obeyed 15. social values values questioned violated very very easily 16. Means of social control control informal very effective

16. means of social control formal

Rural –Urban Differences  Differ in social organization  Differ in social structure  Rural people far away away from artificiality artificia lity free and

frank  Rural community similar to calm water  Urban society is similar to boiled water  Urban community- instability typical  Rural community- stability typical  Urban community- mobility typical