Analysis of the Characteristics of Farmers'Social Capital in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area
Abstract: Social capital plays an important role in the sustainable development of the social and economic development in a region .Based on the data in a farmer household survey ,this paper designs a measure‐ment index system of social capital and uses the factor analysis method to calculate the social capital stock of the farmer households in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area and analyzes the characteristics of farmers'social capital and its influencing factors .The results showed that the total social capital of the farmer households in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area was 4.27 ,that of all the dimensions of social capital in Three Gorges Reservoir Area ,social cohesion dimension had the highest score ,while the cooperation di‐mension had the lowest ,and that the influencing factors of social capital of different dimensions were dif‐ferent ,the average education level of a farmer household ,the age of its head ,family income ,the number of its laboring members and difference in household wealth and possessions having significant influences on social capital .
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