The evolution of the association between community level social capital and COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the United States.

ABSTRACT: We use county level data from the United States to document the role of social capital the evolution of COVID-19 between January 2020 and January 2021. We find that social capital differentials in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations depend on the dimension of social capital and the timeframe considered. Communities with higher levels of relational and cognitive social capital were especially successful in lowering COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations than communities with lower social capital between late March and early April. A difference of one standard deviation in relational social capital corresponded to a reduction of 30% in the number of COVID-19 deaths recorded. After April 2020, differentials in COVID-19 deaths related to relational social capital persisted although they became

SUBMITTER: Borgonovi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8055504 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature