population

The Social Connectedness Index measures the strength of connectedness between two geographic areas as represented by Facebook friendship ties. These connections can reveal important insights about economic opportunities, social mobility, trade and more. An anonymized snapshot of all active Facebook users and their friendship networks to measure the intensity of connectedness between locations was used.

non-collection specific

(Simple) Released

County

First-order administrative division

Second-order administrative division

Earth

English

Facebook - Data for Good

Facebook Social Connectedness Index

Information about media, coverage about a topic.

media

Datasets discussing outbreaks on social media sites.

social media

Actions of groups of people in response to outbreaks.

behavior

Frequency of interactions between individuals in different settings, at different times...

contact rates

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the bearer of an infectious dispositions towards an organism of a different particular biological taxon.

pathogen

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the site of reproduction of an organism of a different taxon.

host organism

Homo sapiens

A disease is a disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism.

disease

A disease whose physical basis is an infectious disorder.

infectious disease

A Coronavirus infection that is characterized by fever, cough and shortness of breath and that has_material_basis_in SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19

A data item that is an aggregate of other data items of the same type that have something in common. Averages and distributions can be determined for data sets.

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Language	English
Topics	behavior contact rates disease infectious disease COVID-19 host organism Homo sapiens media social media pathogen Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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HTTP Checked On	2025/06/16