Relationships Between Commuting and Social Capital Among Men and Women in Southern Sweden

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 734-753

  Mattisson, Kristoffer ^a   Håkansson, Carita ^a   Jakobsson, Kristina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

commuting; cross sectional design; general trust; social capital; social participation

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUTING; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SKANE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84936746982     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916514529969     Document Type: Article

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