Testing the Importance of Geographic Distance for Social Capital Resources

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ID6404430
AutoresKirk A Foster (0000-0001-8379-6072, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, autor correspondente), Richard J Smith (0000-0002-6340-0656, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA), Richard Smith (0000-0001-9634-2918, Wayne State University), Bethany A Bell (0000-0001-8225-6277, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA), Todd C Shaw (0000-0003-2955-590X, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA)
Ano2019
Volume55
Fascículo1
Páginas231-256
Data de publicação2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1078087417714895
OpenAlexW2646067485
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas62

This study tests the importance of spatial distance from social capital resources for the number of resources accessed. We examine the relationship between the distance to work, religious congregations, and organizations on the level of social capital. Theory posits that increased time spent commuting decreases social capital; we posit that increased distance traveled to sites of social capital generation limits neighborhood social capital but increases capital access at generation sites. We measured social capital with the Resource Generator–United States and used negative binomial regression to estimate the association between distance and number of resources accessed. Social capital resource access is higher with increased distance traveled to civic organizations. Distance from work and religious congregations does not affect social capital; distance to work erodes neighborhood social capital. These findings are counter to current theory and suggest that people are willing to travel to organizations where social capital is built

Capital (architecture · Demographic economics · Economic capital · Economic growth · Economics · Financial capital · Geography · Human capital · Individual capital · Social capital · Social mobility · Social reproduction · Social science · Social status · Sociology · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Social Capital and Networks · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies