East Asia Value Survey

Relation of Social Capital to Health and Well-Being in the Asia Pacific Values Survey: A Population-Based Study

“…We have repeatedly reported regional variations in general response tendencies in our longitudinal and cross-national questionnaire surveys using cultural linkage analysis (Yoshino & Hayashi, 2002) and cultural manifold analysis (Yoshino et al, 2009;Yoshino, 2013Yoshino, , 2014aYoshino, , 2015 over half a century by the Institute of Statistical Mathematics. For example, Japanese tend to avoid polar answers and prefer neutralcategories, the French tend to choose negative categories, and Indians tend to choose positive categories (Yoshino, Nikaido, Fujita, 2009).…”

“…In this study, we focused on the items related to social capital and SES as explanatory variables and health and well-being as outcome measures. The questions used were shown in Appendix and summary tables are available in Yoshino (2014aYoshino ( , 2015. To measure individual-level factors related to social capital, the number of organizational memberships (structural social capital) and sense of trust (cognitive social capital) were used.…”

“…The sample selection process differed between countries corresponding to their local circumstances. The details of the survey methods and survey results are shown by Yoshino (Yoshino, 2014a(Yoshino, , 2015.…”

“…21402001), 2006-2008, and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) in 2010-2015. The grants had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, writing of the manuscript, or decision to submit the manuscript.…”

“…Therefore, we have conducted a cross-national interview survey, the Asia Pacific Values Survey: Cultural Manifold (Japan, South Korea, India, Vietnam, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, and USA) in 2010-2014 (Yoshino, 2014a(Yoshino, , 2015. We have repeatedly reported regional variations in general response tendencies in our longitudinal and cross-national questionnaire surveys using cultural linkage analysis (Yoshino & Hayashi, 2002) and cultural manifold analysis (Yoshino et al, 2009;Yoshino, 2013Yoshino, , 2014aYoshino, , 2015 over half a century by the Institute of Statistical Mathematics.…”