Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas: An individual-level analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1454-1462

  Dean, Wesley R ^a   Sharkey, Joseph R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective social functioning; Food insecurity; Inequality; Perceived personal disparity; Rural; Social capital; Urban; USA

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955524476     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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