Place-specific constructs of social capital and their possible associations to health: A Japanese case study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-232

  Hanibuchi, Tomoya ^a   Murata, Yohei ^b   Ichida, Yukinobu ^c   Hirai, Hiroshi ^d   Kawachi, Ichiro ^e   Kondo, Katsunori ^c  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Japan; Place; Social capital; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JAPAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

JAPAN;

EID: 84860700835     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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