Social capital and perceived health in Japan: An ecological and multilevel analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 500-505

  Fujisawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Hamano, Tsuyoshi ^b   Takegawa, Shogo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b Division of Epidemiology   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contextual effect; Egalitarian society; Japan; Perceived health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; INDEX METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67849124675     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.046     Document Type: Article

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