Measurement of Social Participation and its Place in Social Capital Theory

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-350

  Guillen, Laura ^a   Coromina, Lluis ^b   Saris, Willem E ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

European Social Survey; Formal participation; Informal participation; Social capital; Social participation; Trust

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EUROPE;

EID: 78649906045     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9631-6     Document Type: Article

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