Developing a Social Capital Index for the Netherlands

Beuningen, Jacqueline van; Schmeets, Hans

doi:10.1007/s11205-012-0129-2

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“…Social capital is commonly explained in terms of trust [ 49 – 50 ]. In our study, trust is defined by two indices: trust in one’s community (sometimes known as interpersonal trust) [ 51 ], and institutional trust.…”

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confidence: 99%

The impact of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic on agricultural production and livelihoods in Liberia

Gatiso

Ordaz‐Németh

Grimes³

et al. 2018

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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There is unequivocal evidence in the literature that epidemics adversely affect the livelihoods of individuals, households and communities. However, evidence in the literature is dominated by the socioeconomic impacts of HIV/AIDS and malaria, while evidence on the impact of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) on households’ livelihoods remains fragmented and scant. Our study investigates the effect of the EVD epidemic on the livelihoods of Liberian households using the Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF). The study also explores the effect of the EVD epidemic on agricultural production and productive efficiency of farm households using Spatial Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SSFA). We collected data from 623 households across Liberia in 2015, using a systematic random sampling design. Our results indicated that the annual income of sample households from communities where EVD occurred did not differ from the annual income of households from communities where EVD did not occur. Nonetheless, the majority of sample households reported a decrease in their income, compared to their income in the year before the survey. This suggests that the impact of the EVD epidemic might not only have been limited to communities directly affected by the epidemic, but also it may have indirectly affected communities in areas where EVD was not reported. We also found that the community-level incidence of EVD negatively affected crop production of farm households, which may have exacerbated the problem of food insecurity throughout the country. Moreover, we found that the EVD epidemic weakened the society’s trust in Liberian institutions. In a nutshell, our results highlight that epidemics, such as the recent EVD outbreak, may have long-lasting negative effects on the livelihoods of a society and their effect may extend beyond the communities directly affected by the epidemics. This means that the nation’s recovery from the impact of the epidemic would be more challenging, and the social and economic impacts of the epidemic may extend well beyond the end of the health crisis.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The impact of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic on agricultural production and livelihoods in Liberia

Gatiso

Ordaz‐Németh

Grimes³

et al. 2018

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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“…For instance, social capital has been shown to include many distinct dimensions that may be difficult to quantify (Van Beuningen and Schmeets, 2013). Alternatively, social capital can contribute less to adaptive capacity in populations that are more educated, as well as among those with a more individualistic culture (Guiso et al, 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

Developing an Instrument to Measure Autonomous Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Urban Households

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The capacity of households in urban environments to adapt and react to climate change can affect the resilience of the whole community, and instruments for systematically measuring that capacity are needed. We used Raleigh, NC as a case study to explore the dimensions of autonomous adaptive capacity of urban households and to create a scale and associated survey instrument to measure them. Our approach was guided by four capitals that support human livelihoods: social, human, physical, and financial. We surveyed 200 households in Raleigh, NC, and used a principal components analysis to test the scale and survey instrument. Results suggest the scale is a useful and concise tool. Three major dimensions were present among the scale items: financial capital, political awareness, and access to resources. Together, these three dimensions can be used to measure adaptive capacity among different households. These findings are supported by similar work illustrating the value of income inequality and political awareness as indicators of adaptive capacity. Our results also demonstrate that complex relationships among the livelihood capitals may confound our ability to measure financial, physical, and human capitals separately. This framework for assessing adaptive capacity of households, with further refinement and testing, may be used in urban areas to evaluate programs designed to impact resilience to climate change.

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“…Third, our analysis of the impact of crisis experience on generalized trust could be broadened to include other dimensions of social capital. As pointed out by van Beuningen and Schmeets (2013), most research on social capital also includes participation in addition to trust. These two concepts are not strongly correlated.…”

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“…Van Beuningen and Schmeets (2013) construct an index for social capital for the Netherlands, which includes generalized trust using a similar question. 11 Respondents who answer ''I don't know'' are not included in the analyses.…”

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Trust and Financial Crisis Experiences

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Using eight annual household surveys for the Netherlands between 2006 and 2013, we find that respondents' personal adverse financial crisis experiences do not only reduce their trust in banks, but also have an immediate negative effect on generalized trust. Respondents who were customers of a bank that ran into problems have less trust in banks than respondents without this experience. Respondents who were customer of a bank that failed have a significantly stronger decline of generalized trust than other respondents. Our results also suggest that personal financial crisis experiences do not have a significant direct effect on trust in the banking supervisor.

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Developing a Social Capital Index for the Netherlands

Cited by 27 publications

References 40 publications

The impact of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic on agricultural production and livelihoods in Liberia

The impact of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic on agricultural production and livelihoods in Liberia

Developing an Instrument to Measure Autonomous Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Urban Households

Trust and Financial Crisis Experiences

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