Does social capital enhance health and well-being? Evidence from rural China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-49

  Yip, Winnie ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Mitchell, Andrew D ^a   Lee, Dominic T S ^b   Wang, Jian ^c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health; Rural; Social capital; Trust; Well being

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL INDICATOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33750984546     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.027     Document Type: Article

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