Further development of an Australian-based measure of social capital in a US sample

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1207-1217

  O'Brien, Megan S ^a,c   Burdsal, Charles A ^a   Molgaard, Craig A ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Construct validity; Factor analysis; Social capital; USA

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2942609040     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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