A multilevel analysis of key forms of community- and individual-level social capital as predictors of self-rated health in the United States

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 813-826

  Kim, Daniel ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Formal social capital; Informal social capital; Multilevel analysis; Political participation; Self rated health; Social capital; Social trust; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33748139953     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9082-1     Document Type: Article

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