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Declining social capital in the Netherlands and beyond?

Declining social capital in the Netherlands and beyond?. Hans Schmeets Statistics Netherlands / Maastricht University. 0. Overview. Social capital in The Netherlands and Europe Trends in social capital Social capital and Well-being. 1. Social Trust (trust in others) by country, 2010.

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Declining social capital in the Netherlands and beyond?

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  1. Declining social capital in the Netherlands and beyond? Hans Schmeets Statistics Netherlands / Maastricht University 0

  2. Overview Social capital in The Netherlands and Europe Trends in social capital Social capital and Well-being 1

  3. Social Trust (trust in others) by country, 2010 Source: CBS/ESS 2

  4. Trust and Participation in 17 European countries The Netherlands: high trust - Trust in other people: 5th - Trust in national parliament: 5th - Trust in politicians: 1st And also high in participation: - Social contacts: 3th - Volunteering: 1st - Political participation: 5th 3

  5. Trust in national parliament by country, 2010 Source: CBS/ESS 4

  6. Trust in politicians by country, 2010 Source: CBS/ESS 5

  7. From High Trust into Low Trust? “In just a few years the Netherlands slipped from a high trust society to a low trust society. (…) Politicians fuel the dissatisfaction amongst the population.” (Fukuyama, 2010)

  8. Decline in social capital in NL? NO! Aspects of social capital are stable or even increasing: - Social trust: increase - Institutional and political trust: increase - Contacts with friends and family: increase - Contacts with neighbours: stable - Providing informal help: stable - Volunteer work: stable/increasing - Political actions: stable - Turnout: stable • …..Examples… 7

  9. Social and institutional trust (NL) % 8

  10. Social contacts: weekly

  11. Informal help: past month

  12. Volunteering, 1997-2009

  13. Trends in Voter Turnout, 1989-2011 • 1989 - 2011 : stable • Parliamentary • Regional • Municipal • European 12

  14. Turnout Elections, 1989-2011

  15. Political participation and Proxy Voting, 2006-2010 14

  16. Large differences between subpopulations • Religion: • Higher scores among protestants, lower among Muslims • Education: • Higher scores among higher educated • Country of origin • Native population higher, non-western immigrants lower •  example

  17. Aspects of social capital by education

  18. Weekly contacts with relatives, friends or neighbours, selected countries Presentation title 17

  19. Meer happiness among people with : • More social contacts • Higher turnout • Trust in other people • Trust in institutions • Trust in politics

  20. Trend in well-being, 1997-2009 (NL)

  21. A change in marital status and Subjective Well-being Life event Years before life-event Years after life-event

  22. Thank You !

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