Data for: Race, Inequality, and Social Capital in the U.S. Counties

This data set contains data about social capital and other covariates 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 data set is associated with the article “Race, Inequality, and Social Capital in the U.S. Counties.”

本数据集包含美国县级层面的社会资本（social capital）与其他协变量（covariates）数据。参照Rupasingha等（2006）的研究范式，社会资本指数提取自10类协会密度测度、选民投票率、美国十年一次人口普查参与率以及非营利组织数量的共同因子。基于Knack（2003）的研究框架，我们构建了协会密度测度，作为桥接型社会资本（bridging social capital）与黏合型社会资本（bonding social capital）的代理变量。数据集涵盖收入不平等、种族多样性、少数群体规模、家庭平均收入、受教育程度、家庭户占比、迁移人口规模以及女性劳动力市场参与率等变量，覆盖2009年与2014年的3104个美国县级行政单元。本数据集与《美国县域的种族、不平等与社会资本》一文相关联。