DIFFERENTIATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL LEVEL IN RURAL COMMUNES OF THE WEST POMERANIAN VOIVODESHIP ACCORDING TO THE CRITERION FOR RESPONDENT’S AGE – SELECTED ASPECTS

Abstract

The paper draws attention to the so-called soft factors, which are increasingly important
in generating progress in highly developed countries, and focuses on one of them, i.e. social capital.
It forms on the basis of trust, cooperation, participation, and these components have the strongest
influence in the immediate environment. At the same time, the strength of their impact decreases
with the increase of the radius of range. Therefore, it implies the selection of measurement tools
which optics should be limited locally. The aim of the article is to present the relationship between
social capital and respondent's age at the local level, i.e. in rural communes of the West Pomeranian
Voivodeship. This is important due to the search for categories that could contribute to creating and
multiplying social capital.