Social Capital Variables for 1990, 1997, and 2005

If you decide to use these data, please cite the source as follows:

Rupasingha, A., Goetz, S. J., & Freshwater, D. (2006). The production of social capital in US counties. Journal of Socio-Economics, 35, 83-101. doi:10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.001.

Social Capital Variables Spreadsheet
Excel spreadsheet, 2.0 MB

Data Dictionary of Social Capital Variables for 1990
Definitions of variables used in our 1990 social capital data set.
PDF document, 12.0 KB

Data Dictionary of Social Capital Variables for 1997, 2005, 2009
The definitions for each of the social capital variables for the data from 1997, 2005, 2009.
PDF document, 11.1 KB

Data Dictionary of Variables