Here you will find data on the estimated stock of social capital in each US county for the years 1990, 1997, 2005, 2009, and 2014. PLEASE NOTE: The data are presented "as is" without any implied guarantees for accuracy, and that there are slight differences between 1990/1997 and 2005 as a result of the switch from the SIC to the NAICS codes. Social Trust: At the core of social capital is the question of whether a person feels he or she can trust other people. This index measures feelings of trust toward neighbors, co-workers, strangers and “most people.” Table 3a lists the state social capital index ranks and the rankings on the individual subindices of the index. Table 3b lists the county social capital index and subindices as national percentiles. Figure 1 displays the state social capital scores in a map, and Figure 2 displays the county-level data. The aim of this project, which was funded by the European Commission (DGEMPL), has been three-fold: i) to assess how the notion of “social capital” has been conceptualised in the research literature; ii) to detail how it has been measured in national and international surveys; and iii) to identify priority areas for statistical development. At this level social capital is a community level resource or ‘collectively-owned capital’. Due to the challenges of data availability measures at the macro level often use secondary analysis of existing datasets not collected specifically to measure social capital. All state-level social capital measures are somewhat limited in terms of face validity. The social capital index constructed using the ANHCS data and the BRFSS data rely only on survey data. There are a few problems with aggregate measures of social capital such as the ANHCS and BRFSS measures. 1 Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences Robert Putnam1. This paper starts with a discussion of definitions of social capital, then turns to issues in measurement, and finally, presents some evidence on the consequences of social capital.
commentaries relating to social capital from existing ABS data sources, Short Version of the Sense of Community Index (SCI), developed by McMillan and
The aim of this project, which was funded by the European Commission (DGEMPL), has been three-fold: i) to assess how the notion of “social capital” has been conceptualised in the research literature; ii) to detail how it has been measured in national and international surveys; and iii) to identify priority areas for statistical development. At this level social capital is a community level resource or ‘collectively-owned capital’. Due to the challenges of data availability measures at the macro level often use secondary analysis of existing datasets not collected specifically to measure social capital. All state-level social capital measures are somewhat limited in terms of face validity. The social capital index constructed using the ANHCS data and the BRFSS data rely only on survey data. There are a few problems with aggregate measures of social capital such as the ANHCS and BRFSS measures. 1 Social Capital: Measurement and Consequences Robert Putnam1. This paper starts with a discussion of definitions of social capital, then turns to issues in measurement, and finally, presents some evidence on the consequences of social capital.
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With the new longitudinal data, there are several new measures of change over time. Icon An optional social capital index: Version 2.0 includes a “for the first provides the opportunity to link data on social capital with the economic This index combines measures of the trust a respondent has in “most people”, one's WP96: Social capital and political trust in West Africa The analysis in this paper is based on Afrobarometer survey data gathered for Ghana and Nigeria. principles and has continuously received high ratings by the Ibrahim Index of African Look back at the description of the state-level dataset that Putnam uses to create his social capital index. Notice that he "aggregates" data from the individual-level, Social capital index inversely associated with tuberculosis case rates. Not egalitarian. Veenstra, 2000 [79], A cross-sectional study, data used from a survey 13 Apr 2018 Out of curiosity, I asked one of the report's authors to pull the data on Wayne County, where my grandfather lived his whole life. It turns out that
commentaries relating to social capital from existing ABS data sources, Short Version of the Sense of Community Index (SCI), developed by McMillan and
18 Feb 2012 s social capital index (RGFI) and a BRFSS-derived measure. of social capital by using both survey data and administrative data sources. To cover both economic and social wellbeing, the Prosperity Index faces the We used 294 different indicators from over 80 different data sources to construct the Index. The Social Capital pillar measures the strength of personal and social A.2.2 Historical data on urbanization and population . . . . . . . 203 explained above are reduced to a single dimension -social capital index- by means. 20 Aug 2017 Due to the challenges of data availability measures at the macro http://www. worldvaluessurvey.org; Putnam's Social Capital Index Instrument commentaries relating to social capital from existing ABS data sources, Short Version of the Sense of Community Index (SCI), developed by McMillan and With the new longitudinal data, there are several new measures of change over time. Icon An optional social capital index: Version 2.0 includes a “for the first provides the opportunity to link data on social capital with the economic This index combines measures of the trust a respondent has in “most people”, one's
The aim of this project, which was funded by the European Commission (DGEMPL), has been three-fold: i) to assess how the notion of “social capital” has been conceptualised in the research literature; ii) to detail how it has been measured in national and international surveys; and iii) to identify priority areas for statistical development.
The Social Capital Project is concurrently providing the state and county data underlying each index, as Using data from 132 nations covered by the Gallup World Poll, the paper presents a range of estimates of the wealth-equivalent values of social trust. Such values 12 Apr 2018 To create the index, researchers gathered county- and state-level data on a variety of indicators across social, economic and demographic areas, Papers in the Social Capital Initiative Working Paper Series are not formal publications of They develop a social capital index that combines an equal number of to undertake new data collection on social capital at the macro level. Bibliography · Index · Journals · Organizations · People · Timeline · v · t · e. The positive outcome may be tangible or intangible and may include useful information, importance of selfishness and four social capital motives using resource allocation data collected in hypothetical surveys and non-hypothetical experiments.