Open AccessSocial capital, income inequality, and mortality.
Author(s) -
Ichiro Kawachi,
Bruce P. Kennedy,
Kimberly A. Lochner,
Deborah ProthrowStith
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.9.1491
Subject(s) - disinvestment , social capital , per capita , inequality , demographic economics , economic inequality , mortality rate , social inequality , demography , economics , sociology , population , mathematical analysis , social science , mathematics , microeconomics , incentive
Recent studies have demonstrated that income inequality is related to mortality rates. It was hypothesized, in this study, that income inequality is related to reduction in social cohesion and that disinvestment in social capital is in turn associated with increased mortality.