Compositional and contextual associations of social capital and self-rated health in Seoul, South Korea: A multilevel analysis of longitudinal evidence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-120

  Han, Sehee ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal analysis; Multilevel analysis; Self rated health; Seoul; Social capital; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PANEL STUDY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOUTH KOREA; WELFARE; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876465949     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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