Social networks and social capital: New directions for a household panel survey

Laura Tach (lauratach@cornell.edu) and Benjamin Cornwell
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Laura Tach: Cornell University, Postal: Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, NY, USA
Benjamin Cornwell: Cornell University, Postal: Department of Sociology, Cornell University, NY, USA

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2015, issue 1-4, 275-307

Abstract: This paper highlights the importance of the social networks perspective in social science research and describes the main approaches to measuring social networks and closely related phenomena - including social capital and kin networks - in existing household panel surveys. It then identifies cutting-edge techniques for collecting new data on social networks within the context of a household panel survey design. We focus in particular on possible extensions to traditional egocentric network data collection, the proper enumeration of kin networks and social support in unstable and complex families, measurement of communication via information and communication technology, and identification of the social network properties of social media participation.

Keywords: Social networks; social capital; social media; survey research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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