When should one (dis)trust trust measures? Response to Lindström and Sawada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-240

  Carpiano, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Measurement; Population health; Social capital; Social determinants of health; Theory; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEIGHBORHOOD; NOTE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORY VALIDATION; TRUST; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; FAMILY; FRIEND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BELIEF;

FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 84905025232     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.032     Document Type: Note

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