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Social Audit Cookbook

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Title: The Social Audit Cookbook
Prepared By: Eva Cox
Focus: Social capital, community cohesion, social inclusion
Date: 2002
Publisher: The Reichstein Foundation; StepOne
Download: Download as a PDF from StepOne website


Described as "recipes for auditing the way we connect", this guide was funded by the Lance Reichstein Foundation as a contribution to community groups wanting to use surveys and audits as part of processes of social change. It covers aspects of measuring social capital including:

  • concepts of measuring social cohesion
  • characteristics of high and low social capital
  • methods of data collection
  • survey design and a sample survey
  • collating and analysing data
  • picking sample groups and sample sizes
  • avoidig common errors

The guide is available for download from the StepOne website which provides resources for councils and community groups interested in implementing community harmony initiatives in their local areas.

Download as a PDF from StepOne website

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