Missourians are similar to the nation in the way people relate to one another and do favors for neighbors (16.3% are connected and do favors in Missouri, compared with 15.9% in the nation). However, Missouri is unusual in that people with no college experience are more likely to be connected and do favors for neighbors (18.3%) compared with those with college experience (14.6%). 20 On the other extreme, however, Missourians with no college experience are more likely to be isolated (11.4%) than those who have gone to college (3.6%).

In Missouri, having close personal ties is related to much higher rates of volunteering (35.6%) than those who lack such ties (18.1%). Missourians who also do favors for their neighbors (in addition to having close ties) are about as likely to volunteer (34.6%) as those who only have close personal ties. Those who do both volunteer at a high rate (41.9%). Having close personal ties does not predict whether Missouri residents work with neighbors to x problems.

SOCIAL CAPITAL BY INCOME
• Overall, in Missouri there is a positive relationship between income and group membership and between income and talking to family and friends via the Internet. There is a negative relationship between income and the percentage of Missouri residents who eat dinner with family just about every day and the percentage who do favors for their neighbors.
• There is a large gap in group membership between Missourians with family incomes greater than $75,000 and those with family incomes less than $35,000.
• There does not appear to be a relationship between income and the frequency with which Missourians talk to their neighbors. About the same percentage of those with family incomes greater than $75,000 talk to their neighbors frequently compared with those whose family incomes are less than $35,000.
• There is a negative relationship between income and doing favors for neighbors in Missouri. Those with family incomes less than $35,000 are almost twice as likely to do favors for their neighbors a few times per week or more often than those with family incomes greater than $75,000.
• There is a strong positive association between income and the frequency with which Missourians communicate with their friends and family via the Internet. Missourians with family incomes greater than $75,000 are twice as likely to communicate frequently with their friends and family via the Internet when compared with those whose family incomes are less than $35,000.
• Missourians with family incomes less than $35,000 are slightly more likely to eat dinner with family nearly every day compared with those whose family incomes are greater than $75,000.

SOCIAL CAPITAL BY EDUCATION (AGES 25+)
• There are mixed results when it comes to the relationship between the indicators of social capital and education in Missouri.
• There is a strong positive relationship between education and group participation. College graduates are by far the most likely to participate in at least one group. Their participation rate is nearly 45 percentage points higher than for those without high school diplomas, nearly 30 percentage points higher than for those with high school diplomas, and nearly 25 percentage points higher than for those with some college.
• There is no relationship between education and the frequency with which people talk to their neighbors.
• There is a negative relationship between education and doing favors for neighbors. People without high school diplomas do favors for their neighbors at a rate that is10% higher than the rate for those with college degrees.
• There is a strong positive relationship between education and the frequency with which people talk to friends and family via the Internet. Those with college degrees are 53 percentage points more likely to have talked frequently to friends and family via the Internet a few times per week or more often than those without high school diplomas.

SOCIAL CAPITAL BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS
• There are mixed results when it comes to the relationship between social capital and employment status in Missouri.
• Missouri residents who are employed are more likely to belong to at least one group and to talk to their friends and neighbors via the Internet frequently than residents who were unemployed or not in the labor force.
• Unemployed Missourians are more likely to talk frequently with their neighbors than employed residents or residents who are not in the labor force.
• Missourians who are not in the labor force were more likely to do favors for neighbors and to eat dinner with their families just about every day than residents who are employed or unemployed.

SOCIAL CAPITAL BY GENERATION
• Group participation generally rises across generation cohorts, with a slight dip between Gen X'ers and Baby Boomers, and a sharp increase between the Silent and Long Civic Generations.
• The percentage of Missourians who talk with their neighbors frequently increases across generation cohorts. It peaks for the Silent Generation and declines for the Long Civic Generation.
• Doing favors for neighbors rises across generations, peaks for the Silent Generation and declines for the Long Civic Generation.
• The percentage of Missouri residents who talk to friends and family via the Internet is highest for the Millenial generation, and it steadily declines across generational cohorts.
• The percentage of Missouri residents who eat dinner with family just about every day steadily increases across generations.

SOCIAL CAPITAL BY RACE
• There is a black/white gap in Missouri on four of the ve measures of social capital. The exception is eating dinner with family almost every day.
• Whites are more likely than African–Americans to participate in groups, to talk with neighbors frequently, to do favors for neighbors, and to talk to friends and family via the Internet.

SOCIAL CAPITAL BY MARITAL STATUS
• In Missouri, married residents are more likely to belong to one or more groups and to eat dinner with family than single residents or residents of other marital statuses.
• Missourians who are neither single nor married are the most likely to talk with neighbors.
• Single Missourians are more likely to talk to their friends and family via the Internet than either of the other marital statuses.

SOCIAL CAPITAL BY METRO AREA 21
• Overall, group participation is similar in Missouri's metro and nonmetro area.
• Residents from nonmetro areas are more likely to eat dinner with their families just about every day.
• Missouri residents from nonmetro areas were the most likely to talk with neighbors frequently.
• There is a metro/nonmetro divide in talking to friends and family via the Internet. Metro area residents have a much higher rate of using the Internet to communicate.
• The percentage of St. Louis residents who participate in at least one group is higher than the percentage for Kansas City and Springeld.
• In Springeld, a higher percentage of residents participate in at least one group than in Kansas City.
• Kansas City residents are the least likely to participate in at least one organization.
• Of the metro areas for which data were available, Kansas City had the highest percentage of residents who talk with neighbors frequently.
• Of the three MSAs for which data were available, Kansas City had the highest percentage of residents who eat dinner with their families every day.

*Due to small sample size, data were unavailable for Springeld for talking with neighbors, doing favor for neighbors, and talking via Internet.