The relationship between social capital and self-rated health in a Japanese population: A multilevel analysis

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-52

  Hibino, Yuri ^a   Takaki, Jiro ^b   Ogino, Keiki ^b   Kambayashi, Yasuhiro ^a   Hitomi, Yoshiaki ^a   Shibata, Aki ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese population; JGSS; Multilevel analysis; Self rated health; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPANESE; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAFETY; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TRUST; AGED; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861308532     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-011-0218-x     Document Type: Article

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