Social capital: The challenge of international measurement, 25-27 September 2002, London, UK

This conference, which was co-organised by the UK Office for National Statistics and the OECD through the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, and took place in London on 25-27 September 2002, brought together the experience of 22 different countries in measuring social capital, shared some good practice and proposed options for improvements in measurement and comparability. The papers for the conference are available on this site.

Office for National Statistics Website

• Summary report of conference and its outcomes
  
  
• Rapporteur's report
  
  
• The measurement of social capital in international context
  .....Tom Healy, National Economic and Social Forum, Ireland
  
  
• International Perspectives: Japan
  .....Yukata Tsujinaka, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  
  
• International Perspectives: Eastern Europe
  .....Petr Mateju, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Anglo-American College in Prague, Czech Republic
  

Country Papers

Australia

• Social Capital and Social WellBeing
  .....Australian Bureau of Statistics

Austria

• Social Capital - Austrian Report
  .....Ernst Gehmacher, BOAS

Belgium

• Measuring Social Capital in Belgium
  .....Hendrik Van Geel, Administration, Planning and Statistics, Ministry of the Flemish Community

Canada

• Measurement of Social Capital: The Canadian Experience
  .....Cindy-Ann Bryant and Doug Norris, Statistics Canada

France

• Country report
  .....Sophie Ponthieux, Direction des Statistiques Démographiques et Sociales, INSEE

Germany

• Social Capital: Presentation of the Major German Statistics and the Topics they Cover:
  .....Ulrich Bieber, Division for Income Distribution and Wage Statistics, Social Indicators, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Greece

• Social Capital Measurement in Greece
  .....Antigone Lyberaki, Panteion University, Greece and Christos J. Paraskevopoulos, London School of Economics, U.K.

Japan

• Measurement of Social Capital in Japan
  .....Takashi Omori, Cabinet Office, Economic and Social Research Institute and Akiyoshi Yonezawa, National Institution for Academic Degrees

Netherlands

• Social Capital in the European Values Study Surveys
  .....Ton van Schaik, Tilburg University

New Zealand

• The Measurement of Social Capital in New Zealand
  .....Statistics New Zealand

Spain

• Social Capital in the Spanish Quality of Working Life Survey
  .....Felix Requena, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Santiago

Switzerland

• The Social Capital of Switzerland: An Overview of Attempts to Define, Operationalise and Measure Social Capital
  .....Vera Herrmann, with the assistance of Robin Tillmann, Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel

Turkey

• The Measurement of Social Capital in Turkey
  .....Izzet Giritiliogly, Attaché for Labour and Social Affairs, Turkish Consulate, U.K.

United Kingdom

• The Measurement of Social Capital in the UK
  .....Rosalyn Harper, Office for National Statistics, London

United States

• The Measurement of Social Capital in the US
  .....Lisa Hudson and Chris Chapman, Department of Education