The Emergence of a COVID-19 Related Social Capital: The Case of China

Yanjie Bian; Xiaolei Miao; Xiaolin Lu; Xulei Ma; Xiaoxian Guo

doi:10.1080/00207659.2020.1802141

The Emergence of a COVID-19 Related Social Capital: The Case of China

Yanjie Bian, Xiaolei Miao, Xiaolin Lu, Xulei Ma, Xiaoxian Guo

Sociology (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

This paper develops a new concept called virus-combat social capital and presents relevant findings from a survey of 3009 Chinese WeChat networkers. Virus-combat social capital is defined by the intensity and extensity of social connectedness under conditions of physical isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey shows that as compared to their counterparts, Chinese people with higher virus-combat social capital consistently do better in both behavioral responses and measures of quality of life.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	419-433
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Sociology
Volume	50
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2020.1802141
State	Published - Sep 2 2020

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Funding Information:
National Philosophy Social Science Project of China (No.13&ZD177). Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 17XJC840002).

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COVID-19
China
Virus-combat social capital
behavioral response
quality of life

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