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Social capital and self-rated health: a contextual analysis.
Author(s) -
Ichiro Kawachi,
Bruce P. Kennedy,
Roger I. Glass
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.89.8.1187
Subject(s) - social capital , self rated health , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , psychology , odds ratio , social psychology , social status , social determinants of health , environmental health , gerontology , public health , demographic economics , medicine , sociology , economics , population , social science , nursing , pathology
Social capital consists of features of social organization--such as trust between citizens, norms of reciprocity, and group membership--that facilitate collective action. This article reports a contextual analysis of social capital and individual self-rated health, with adjustment for individual household income, health behaviors, and other covariates.

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