Trustful societies, trustful individuals, and health: An analysis of self-rated health and social trust using the World Value Survey

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1022-1029

  Jen, Min Hua ^a   Sund, Erik R ^b   Johnston, Ron ^c   Jones, Kelvyn ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multilevel modelling; Self rated health; Social trust; World value survey

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST;

EID: 77955330173     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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