Balance of Social Capital

The scales below show your mix of incoming and outgoing ties in the reference group. Values closer to zero indicate a balanced network. Values closer to incoming indicate more people come to you than you go to others. Values closer to outgoing suggest that you go to more people than come to you. The important things to consider in evaluating the balance in your network are whether: you are able to meet the expectations and obligations of those coming to you, your requests of those you go to are reasonable, your exchanges with each person are equitable, and overall your network is assisting you in achieving your goals.

For “Your Contact Network” and “All Respondents” we display the average scores.