For this lab, we asked people of all ages, race, and gender how many best friends they have/how many people they can really depend on. The pie chart above illustrates our findings.
50% of the people polled said that they have 3 or more friends; 1 more than the newest study found. Many of the people who said they have only 1 good friend shared with us that the one person was there spouse.
There are several reasons for the different amounts of friends that people have. These include such things as how social a person is and how easily they relate to people. Some people are social and have many friends but they never form a real bond. A best friend is someone you can rely no matter what and that is why most people only have 1-2. Our statistics show that it is an even split between people with one or two friends and people with three or four. This helps to show that the social capital in Winston Salem is still strong.
I also think that the social capital in Winston-Salem is especially strong in comparison to other places around the country. As is observed with the higher number of friends around here, I too found the social capital in this area relatively strong through my labs on trust and voting. - Calleja Smiley
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