Social capital, income inequality, and self-rated health in 45 countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-56

  Mansyur, Carol ^a   Amick, Benjamin C ^b   Harrist, Ronald B ^b   Franzini, Luisa ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional vs. contextual effects; Cross national; Inequality; Multi level modelling; Self rated health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 36348985046     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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