Love thy neighbour? Associations of social capital and crime with physical activity amongst women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 807-814

  Ball, Kylie ^a   Cleland, Verity J ^a   Timperio, Anna F ^a   Salmon, Jo ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^b   Crawford, David A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Crime; Physical activity; Social capital; Women

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMIC POLICY; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CRIME; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUST; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CRIME; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77955087498     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.041     Document Type: Article

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