Social capital and sense of insecurity in the neighbourhood: A population-based multilevel analysis in Malmö, Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1111-1120

  Lindström, Martin ^a   Merlo, Juan ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fear of crime; Multilevel; Neighbourhood; Sense of insecurity; Social capital; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CRIME; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CRIME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIETY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DARKNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0037367258     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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