Developing a Subjective Tool to Assess Social Capital in Rural Agrarian Communities: A Psychometric Approach

The dataset comes from a household survey conducted with 205 adults from Dankanda and Pitawala areas in the Knuckles Region of the Matale District, Sri Lanka. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews. The survey includes Likert-scale questions measuring shared identity, networks and norms of reciprocity, two dimensions of trust: general trust and trust on livelihood transactions, and group efficacy, which was used for calculating predictive validity. The questions were designed to reflect local social and livelihood conditions.