Overview

Measures three aspects of structural social capital (membership of groups, involvement in citizenship activities, and social support from the community), as well as cognitive social capital (e.g., trust, social harmony, perceived fairness, and sense of belonging).

Scoring and Interpretation

The SASCAT was based on the Adapted Social Capital Assessment Tool (A-SCAT), which includes seven items on structural social capital (“connectedness”) and 11 items on cognitive social capital (“reciprocity, sharing, trust”). The A-SCAT and SASCAT are designed for application in low-income country settings with participants with low literacy levels. The A-SCAT is a modified, shortened version of a World Bank-developed social capital survey instrument called the Social Capital Assessment Tool (Krishna & Shrader 2000), which has over 60 items. Study teams have used different approaches to scoring; refer to the articles below for guidance.

Citation

(SASCAT) De Silva, Mary J., and Trudy Harpham. 2007. "Maternal Social Capital and Child Nutritional Status in Four Developing Countries." Health & Place 13(2) : 341-355.

(SASCAT) De Silva, Mary J., Trudy Harpham, Tran Tuan, Rosario Bartolini, Mary E. Penny, and Sharon R. Huttly. 2006. "Psychometric and Cognitive Validation of a Social Capital Measurement Tool in Peru and Vietnam." Social Science & Medicine 62(4): 941-953.

(A-SCAT) Harpham, Trudy, Emma Grant, and Elizabeth Thomas. 2002. "Measuring Social Capital within Health Surveys: Key Issues." Health Policy and Planning 17(1): 106-111.

Context and Applications to Child Nutrition

Ethiopia, India, Peru, Vietnam
De Silva, Mary J., and Trudy Harpham. 2007. "Maternal Social Capital and Child Nutritional Status in Four Developing Countries." Health & Place 13(2) : 341-355.

Ethiopia
Kang, Yunhee, Jane Kim, and Eunkyo Seo. 2018. "Association between Maternal Social Capital and Infant Complementary Feeding Practices in Rural Ethiopia." Maternal & Child Nutrition 14(1): e12484.

Malawi
Choi, Suhyoon, Junko Kiriya, Akira Shibanuma, and Masamine Jimba. 2022. "Mediating Role of Social Capital in the Association between Socioeconomic Status and Childcare Practices in rural Malawi: a Cross-sectional Study." BMJ Open 12(5): e054134.

Philippines
Domingo, Divine Grace C., Corazon VC Barba, Ma Theresa M. Talavera, Lutgarda L. Tolentino, and Rodesa T. Naupal-Forcadilla. 2017. "Association of Maternal Social Capital with Nutritional Status of 6 to 24-Month-Old Children Living in Urban and Rural Areas in Laguna, Philippines." Malaysian Journal of Nutrition 23(1).

Adaptations

De Silva, Mary J., Trudy Harpham, Tran Tuan, Rosario Bartolini, Mary E. Penny, and Sharon R. Huttly. 2006. "Psychometric and Cognitive Validation of a Social Capital Measurement Tool in Peru and Vietnam." Social Science & Medicine 62(4): 941-953.

De Silva, Mary J., Kwame McKenzie, Trudy Harpham, and Sharon RA Huttly. 2005. "Social Capital and Mental Illness: a Systematic Review." Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 59(8): 619-627.

Tuan, T., T. Harpham, N. Huong, and M. De Silva. 2005. "Measuring Social Capital and Mental Health in Vietnam: a Validity Study."

Formative Research

Cognitive interviews (De Silva et al. 2006) conducted in Peru; (De Silva et al. 2005) and Vietnam (Tuan et al. 2005)