Contextual social capital as a risk factor for poor self-rated health: A multilevel analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2268-2280

  Engström, Karin ^a   Mattsson, Fredrik ^a   Järleborg, Anders ^b   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Area effects; Multi level modelling; Self rated health; Social capital; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 42949112239     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.019     Document Type: Article

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