Data on race, inequality, and social capital in the U.S. counties

This article presents data on social capital at the United States’ county-level. Following Rupasingha et al. (2006), the social capital index captures the common factor among density measures of 10 different types of associations, voter turnout rates, U.S. decennial census participation rates, and t...

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Main Authors: Dongkyu Kim, Mi-son Kim, Natasha Altema McNeely
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Data in Brief
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340921000032
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Summary:This article presents data on social capital at the United States’ county-level. Following Rupasingha et al. (2006), the social capital index captures the common factor among density measures of 10 different types of associations, voter turnout rates, U.S. decennial census participation rates, and the number of non-profit organizations. Based on Knack (2003), we create associational densities measures as a proxy for both bridging and bonding social capital. Including data on income inequality, racial diversity, minority group size, average household income, educational attainment, the ratio of a family household, the size of migration population, and female labor market participation rates, the data covers 3,104 U.S. counties for both 2009 and 2014. This paper includes descriptive statistics and figures. This data article is associated with the article “Race, Inequality, and Social Capital in the U.S. Counties.”
ISSN:2352-3409