Social capital, gender and self-rated health. Evidence from the Moscow Health Survey 2004

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1323-1332

  Ferlander, Sara ^a   Mäkinen, Ilkka Henrik ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family; Friends; Gender; Moscow; Russia; Self rated health; Social capital; Social networks; Voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOSCOW; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EURASIA; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 71749117731     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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