When does neighbourhood matter? Multilevel relationships between neighbourhood social fragmentation and mental health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1993-2002

  Ivory, Vivienne C ^a   Collings, Sunny C ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Dew, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Mental health; Neighbourhood; New Zealand; Social fragmentation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79958803305     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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