Social capital, income inequality and self-rated health in Chita peninsula, Japan: a multilevel analysis of older people in 25 communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-499

  Ichida, Yukinobu ^a   Kondo, Katsunori ^b   Hirai, Hiroshi ^b   Hanibuchi, Tomoya ^c   Yoshikawa, Goshu ^d   Murata, Chiyoe ^e  

^a Consulting Shinagawa ^*  (Japan)

^b NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Japan; Multilevel analysis; Older people; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST;

AICHI; ASIA; CHITA PENINSULA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 67849104967     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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