When we talk on the current - not the future's - weather, we share in general a very low standard deviation. It rains. It's hot. We agree on it.
But when we talk on our local social goods and perceptions, on the social climate, trust, solidarity, helpfulness, friendliness and hospitality, we expect a high standard deviation.
We believe, that age, sex and income change our perception of the local social goods.
Results from 18 provinces in Cambodia may question this assumption now. As we can see in the documents attached, there seems to be something like a Social Weather independent from socio-demographic factors.
How did we knew this? The researchers compared all kinds of randomized groups of respondents by their average standard deviation
So would you agree that there is a Social Weather at every place? At your place as well?
You can try it here in 36 languages: https://trustyourplace.com/
This could be intereresting. Cause and effect is always diifficut to tease out of the model. Perhaps the 'social weather; effect could be considered to be a proxy for the degree of social cohesion and hence of social communication within a region, rather than being something with its own existence.
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