Social Capital in Finland - Statistical Review

The Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) often rank high in international comparisons on the prevalence of trust and social cohesion. Moreover, in a well-known publication by Robert D. Putnam (Bowling Alone, 2000) it was pointed out that one strong predictor of the degree of social capital in different states in the U.S. was the share of its population of Scandinavian origin. So far, only scattered information has been available on social capital in the Nordic countries today. Now, Statistics Finland has published a compilation of findings from a number of sources, providing an overview on social capital in Finland.

Contents:

Social capital in Finland: domestic and international background
International models of social capital measurement
Social capital and trust
Social, cultural and political participation and trust
Volunteering, neighbourly help and socialising
Social capital and health in Finland
Does the use of communication media add to social capital?
Social capital and workplace communities
Social capital and collective labour agreements
Business relations as social capital of an enterprise
What can statistics tell us about social capital: epilogue

Download the publication in PDF format (417 kb, 121 pages)

Contact information: Laura Iisakka, tel. +358 9 1734 3596, email laura.iisakka@stat.fi

Last updated 25.9.2006

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