Individual-level analysis of social capital and health: A comparison of Arab and Jewish Israelis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 900-910

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a,b   Weinstein, Ruth ^b   Haviv Mesika, Amalia ^b   Garty Sandalon, Noga ^b   Green, Manfred S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Israel; Jews; Self rated health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38749154748     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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