The influence of social capital and socio-economic conditions on self-rated health among residents of an economically and health-deprived South African township

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cramm, Jane M ^a   Nieboer, Anna P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

health status; social capital; social determinants; socioeconomic status; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 81055150447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-51     Document Type: Article

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