Analysis of the social capital and quality of life of the rural population in Itarema county, Ceará state

Authors

  • Francisco José Silva Tabosa Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Ruben Dario Mayorga
  • Jair do Amaral Filho Universidade Federal do Ceará
  • Ahmad Saeed Khan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v36i1.21797

Keywords:

social capital, quality of life, Itarema

Abstract

The present study has as objective to determine and to analyze the developmentdisparities among Porto dos “Barcos” and “Oriente” in Itarema County,resulting from the presence/absence of social capital. For this, one prepared twokinds of questionnaires: the first one, in the attempt of showing the real characteristicsof social capital existent in two communities, and other one, in the attemptof measuring the quality of life in the communities, looking for create an index ofsocial capital as quality of life. The results show that the community of “Oriente”chosen as the most develops for the “Conselho de Conhecedores”, has bigger stockof social capital when compared with Porto dos Barcos community, the least developed, enjoy a better quality of life.

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Tabosa, F. J. S., Dario Mayorga, R., Amaral Filho, J. do, & Saeed Khan, A. (2010). Analysis of the social capital and quality of life of the rural population in Itarema county, Ceará state. Revista De Economia, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v36i1.21797

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2010)

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