Trust in the Bayou City: Do Racial Segregation and Discrimination Matter for Generalized Trust?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiara Douds ◽  
Jie Wu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Racial Segregation ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Generalized Trust ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
General Trust ◽  
Interracial Friendship ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

The key role that generalized trust plays in social capital formation is well documented, but its determinants are not well understood. Many studies suggest that racially and ethnically diverse areas have lower generalized trust than more homogeneous areas, but evidence regarding the impact of the spatial arrangement of racial and ethnic groups is not conclusive. Further, while scholars theorize that discrimination may play a role in racial trust gaps, no study has empirically supported this linkage. We examine the impact of racial residential segregation and perceived discrimination on generalized trust in two highly diverse Texas counties using data from the 2014 Kinder Houston Area Survey. Results indicate that perceived racial discrimination negatively impacts trust and may mediate the black-white trust gap, whereas racial segregation is positively associated with trust. Additionally, having an interracial friendship, one form of bridging ties, moderates the segregation-trust relationship such that, up to a certain level of segregation, having an interracial friendship increases one’s likelihood of trusting others. Together, these results provide insight into processes that generate or sustain the general trust that makes social capital formation possible and point to the continuing importance of race in shaping experiences and outcomes in modern American society.

Social Capital in Rural Areas of Vietnam and Its Impact on Households’ Life Satisfaction

2015 ◽  
pp. 60-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anh Nguyen Thi Tuong ◽  
Anh Tran Quynh
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
General Trust ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Using data of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey 2014, with the participation of 3,648 households in rural areas of 12 provinces in Vietnam and two models: OLS regression and ordered logit, this paper studied the determinants of social capital in the rural area of Vietnam. Moreover, the paper also analyzed the impact of social capital on life satisfaction and risk coping strategies. Results of regression models confirmed that social capital is the essential ingredient for the life satisfaction of the community and at the same time, social capital also has notable impacts on households’ post-risk recovery. In the relationship with the life satisfaction, all the variables representing social capital, except for general trust, positively affected the growth of life satisfaction of households, aside from physical factors such as income. Therefore, social capital, along with economic growth, was the biggest factor that can help households increase their life satisfaction.

Social capital formation and local capture in decentralization

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Abe
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Social Knowledge ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Local Leadership ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Communication Methods ◽  
Local Capture

This article traces the roots of social capital formation in Zambézia, Mozambique, using data from the fieldwork and introducing the analytical framework of social knowledge, and examines the issues of decentralization in societies with low stocks of social capital. The case of Zambézia suggests that traditions of collective action for common goods and good local leadership can be a key to enhance stocks of social capital. To overcome inequality and the so-called local capture problems in societies with low stocks of social capital, alternative communication methods, public-civil society partnership and more intensified allocation of researchers in the field are recommended.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Capital on Mental Health: Evidence from the China Family Panel Survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
Xianhua Dai ◽  
Nian Gu
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Cognitive Social Capital ◽  
The Impact

The influence of social capital on mental health is a controversial topic. As some studies have pointed out, cognitive social capital significantly affects mental health but structural social capital does not. Using data from the China Family Panel Survey, this study measured social capital from social help, social trust, social networks, and social participation as the instrumental variables (regional average level of social capital), and applied a two-stage least squares regression. We found that the mental health of residents who trust and help each other is significantly higher than that of residents without trust and mutual help. When residents’ efforts to maintain social networks increase, their mental health significantly improves. These results are robust. Furthermore, the impact of social capital on mental health was heterogeneous in terms of urbanicity, gender, age, and area. These results are helpful for making policies for promoting residents’ mental health.

The Effects of Racial Segregation on Trust and Volunteering in US Cities

Urban Studies ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 2109-2136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan T. Rothwell
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Racial Segregation ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Political Affiliation ◽  
General Trust ◽  
The Us ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Us Cities

A large body of recent research claims that racial diversity hinders the general trust of others, but these studies rarely consider how racial segregation mediates diversity. This article re-examines the issue by considering how the residential isolation of minorities alters general trust and one manifestation of trust: volunteering in cities. Using data from the US, the results from a regression analysis suggest that metropolitan-level racial segregation decreases trust and volunteering. Diversity has no significant effect. The results are robust to a variety of specifications and assumptions. The use of historical metropolitan and state characteristics improves the fit between segregation and distrust, and political affiliation is explored as a potential link between group distrust and general distrust. High levels of trust have been identified as a source of good governance and economic performance; integration is likely to enhance these attributes regardless of the level of diversity.

The impact paths of social capital and the effects of microfinance

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 704-718
Author(s):  
Fang Xiong ◽  
Jia Lu You
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Sanctions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact paths of the social capital and the effects of microfinance in rural China, and address effective methods to enhance the effects of microfinance for rural China. Design/methodology/approach Using a structural equation model with survey data from 350 rural households in China, this paper analyzes empirically whether greater level of social sanctions and social relations caused more tangible effects of microfinance, and whether tangible effects of microfinance are associated with social capital formation of households. Findings The results indicate that social capital promotes the effects of microfinance and the process of providing microfinance service is also the process of building social capital. Moreover, social sanctions diminish the effects of microfinance while social relations boost them and enhance the effects of microfinance that can encourage social capital formation. Results also show that a reverse causal relationship exists between social sanctions and social relations. Research limitations/implications The empirical results imply that actively utilizing and creating social capital is vital to improve the effects of microfinance, and microfinance institutions (MFIs) should concentrate more on harmonious social relations and deliberately build social capital. Practical implications These findings imply that actively utilizing and creating social capital is vital to improve the effects of microfinance, and the MFIs should concentrate more on harmonious social relations and deliberately build social capital to enhance the effects of microfinance while prudently use social sanctions. Social implications Enhancing the effects of microfinance, while prudently using social sanctions, increases households income. Originality/value This paper originates to investigate the links between the social capital and the effects of microfinance in a mutual way, and the results urge more attentions on the harmonious social relations which have been ignored to enhance the effects of microfinance.

scholarly journals Sustainability of Live Video Streamer’s Strategies: Live Streaming Video Platform and Audience’s Social Capital in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeakang Heo ◽  
Yongjune Kim ◽  
Jinzhe Yan
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Streaming Video ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Active Networking

Live streamers’ power and attraction influence consumer behavior. This study focuses on streamer-central formed social capital and the relationship between streamers and audiences on live streaming video platforms (LSVP). First, we explored the impact of trust, norm of reciprocity, and network on social capital formation. Second, we investigated the effect of social capital on streamers’ attributes (attractiveness, expertise, and trustworthiness) and on the audience’s social capital formation. The main findings show that trust and network positively affect social capital. Social capital increases the level of streamers’ attractiveness, expertise, and trustworthiness perceived by the audience, which facilitates sustainable development of the LSVP and the streamer. Perceived streamers’ attractiveness negatively affects social capital formation, while perceived expertise positively affects it. To promote social capital development, streamers and operators of LSVPs should continuously emphasize social capital formation. Moreover, LSVPs should provide audiences with novel and interesting content to enable active networking. For sustainable development of LSVPs, when providing live streaming video services, streamers should deliver content that the audience perceives as based on their expertise rather than on their physical attractiveness.

An Examination of Social Capital in Outdoor Orientation Programs

2021 ◽  
pp. 155886612110164
Author(s):  
Guy deBrun ◽  
Kellie Gerbers ◽  
Brent Bell
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Campus Recreation ◽  
Orientation Programs ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
The Social ◽  
Outdoor Orientation Programs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Recreation Professionals ◽  
Group Trust ◽  
Outdoor Orientation

Social capital offers campus recreation professionals a framework to conceptualize the impacts of outdoor orientation programming (OOPs). Using data from The Outdoor Orientation Benchmarking Survey (TOOBS), researchers explored results of participants’ ( n = 1,154) responses to two constructs conceptually related to social capital: group trust and network closure. Researchers used factor analysis to examine the psychometric properties of TOOBS, finding group trust and network closure represented different aspects of social capital. Results of the study confirms trust and network closure are related, yet unique aspects of the social capital construct. The results provide an empirically-supported measure for evaluating social capital in outdoor orientation programs.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document