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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of social capital indicators in wave 1

From: Investigating the relationship between self-rated health and social capital in South Africa: a multilevel panel data analysis

Variable

n (%)

Individual-level indicator

 

Personalised trust

2063 (23.27)

Generalised trust

1065 (12.01)

Group membership

 

Financial group

2085 (23.52)

Production group

155 (1.75)

Private interest group

1051 (11.85)

Community service group

733 (8.27)

Political group

614 (6.93)

Household-level indicator

 

Norms of reciprocity (high)

5850 (65.98)

Norms of association (high)

5399 (60.90)

Neighbourhood-level indicator

mean (SD)

Proportion of neighbourhood personalised trust (high)

0.24 (0.20)

Proportion of neighbourhood generalised trust (high)

0.12 (0.13)

Proportion of neighbourhood reciprocity (high)

0.66 (0.20)

Proportion of neighbourhood associational activity (high)

0.61 (0.22)

Proportion with financial group membership

0.24 (0.16)

Proportion with production group membership

0.02 (0.03)

Proportion with community service group membership

0.08 (0.09)

Proportion with private interest group membership

0.11 (0.09)

Proportion with political group membership

0.07 (0.10)