Social capital and self-rated health in Colombia: The good, the bad and the ugly

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 584-590

  Hurtado, David ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Sudarsky, John ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Fundación Antonio Restrepo Barco   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Civil society; Cognitive social capital; Colombia; Human rights; Self rated health; Social capital; Structural social capital

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRUST;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 84866282266     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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