Engagement in a cohesive group and higher-level functional capacity in older adults in Japan: A case of the Mujin

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2311-2323

  Kondo, Naoki ^a   Minai, Junko ^b   Imai, Hisashi ^c   Yamagata, Zentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c YAMANASHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Disability; Japan; Mujin; Rotating saving and credit association (RoSCA); Social capital

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; ROTATING SAVINGS AND CREDIT ASSOCIATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 34247617236     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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