The contextual effects of social capital on health: A cross-national instrumental variable analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1689-1697

  Kim, Daniel ^a,b   Baum, Christopher F ^c,d   Ganz, Michael L ^b,e   Subramanian, S V ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Contextual effects; Instrumental variables; Self rated health; Social capital; Social determinants of health; Social environment

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL TRUST; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EUROPE;

EID: 81555213407     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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