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How many X's do you know'' surveys - Columbia University

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Overview<br />

Social and political polarization<br />

Background: how <strong>many</strong> people <strong>do</strong> <strong>you</strong> know?<br />

Learning from “<strong>How</strong> <strong>many</strong> X’s <strong>do</strong> <strong>you</strong> know” <strong>surveys</strong><br />

Next<br />

Social polarization<br />

Political polarization<br />

Measurement of polarization<br />

Example analysis using survey data<br />

Increasing social/economic heterogeneity in U.S. since<br />

1950s?<br />

◮ Social polarization:<br />

◮ More variety in <strong>do</strong>mestic arrangements<br />

◮ Greater income inequality<br />

◮ We tend to know people of similar social class to ourselves<br />

◮ Counter-trend: more interracial marriages<br />

◮ Decline in social capital:<br />

◮ Later marriage, fewer children<br />

◮ “Bowling alone” (Putnam)<br />

◮ Less involvement in community groups, labor unions, . . .<br />

Gelman, DiPrete, Salganik, Teitler, Zheng<br />

Studying polarization using <strong>surveys</strong>

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