Social capital, socioeconomic status, and health-related quality of life among older adults in Bogotá (Colombia)

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 730-750

  Lucumí, Diego I ^a   Gomez, Luis F ^b   Brownson, Ross C ^c   Parra, Diana C ^c  

^a Health Division   (Colombia)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health related quality of life; older adults; social capital; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST;

EID: 84930367761     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264314556616     Document Type: Article

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