Health implications of access to social capital: findings from an Australian study

Ziersch, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.01.015

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“…Whereas our study used self-rated health as the outcome variable, Haines et al (2011) used depressive symptoms. As Ziersch (2005) suggested, social ties might be especially important for mental health. Moreover, we used network members" class positions to assess network resources, whereas Haines (2011) used the average educational level of network members and the proportion that is employed and owns working cars.…”

Section: Neighbourhood Deprivation and Self-rated Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Secondly, our study assessed socializing with friends and relatives and did not take participation in formal associations into account. Although some health studies also used social participation with friends and relatives to measure social capital in the social cohesion-tradition (Veenstra, 2000;Ziersch, 2005), measures of participation in formal organizations are more commonly used (Fujiwara & Kawachi, 2008;Giordano et al, 2011;Snelgrove et al, 2009;Ziersch, 2005). Thirdly, the small scale of the LSOA-neighbourhoods is one of the study"s strengths.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These elements foster social cohesion and cooperation with several beneficial outcomes. Research has found that beneficial health outcomes are associated with having trust in others (Fujiwara & Kawachi, 2008;Giordano & Lindström, 2010;Hyyppä et al, 2007;Nieminen et al, 2010;Poortinga, 2006;Snelgrove et al, 2009;Tampubolon et al, 2011), socializing with friends, relatives, colleagues or neighbours (Veenstra, 2000;Ziersch, 2005), and participating in associations (Giordano & Lindström, 2010;Giordano et al, 2011;Hyyppä et al, 2007;Lindström et al, 2004;Nieminen et al, 2010;Poortinga, 2006). However, the evidence for the health benefits of norms of reciprocity and mutual aid is inconclusive (Fujiwara & Kawachi, 2008;Giordano et al, 2011).…”

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“…Firstly, self-rated health is a strong predictor of mortality (Idler & Benyamini, 1997) and is highly correlated with objective health measurements (Simon et al, 2005). Secondly, Ziersch (2005) suggests that social ties are especially important for mental health and Haines (2011) also recommends examining less evident outcomes, such as self-rated health.…”

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Individual social capital, neighbourhood deprivation, and self-rated health in England

Verhaeghe

Tampubolon

2012

Social Science & Medicine

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Individual social capital is increasingly considered to be an important determinant of an individual"s health. This study examines the extent to which individual social capital is associated with self-rated health and the extent to which individual social capital mediates the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and self-rated health in an English sample. Individual social capital was conceptualized and operationalized in both the social cohesion-and network resource tradition, using measures of generalized trust, social participation and social network resources. Network resourceswere measured with the position generator. Multilevel analyses were applied to wave 2 and 3 of the Taking Part Surveys of England, which consist of face-to-face interviews among the adult population in England (N i =25,366 respondents, N j =12,388 neighbourhoods). The results indicate that generalized trust, participation with friends and relatives and having network members from the salariat class are positively associated with self-rated health. Having network members from the working class is, however, negatively related to self-rated health. Moreover, these social capital elements are partly mediating the negative relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and self-rated health.

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Individual social capital, neighbourhood deprivation, and self-rated health in England

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2012

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“…Other studies have found that involvement in small informal networks (i.e., bonding social capital) is related to health [42,43], while links between associational membership (i.e., bridging social capital) and health are less clearly demonstrated [23,43]. The importance of associational membership for health may be influenced by contextual and historical conditions.…”

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Social Capital, Gender and Educational Level Impact on Self-Rated Health~!2009-09-17~!2010-03-11~!2010-05-26~!

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Dahlgren²,

Janlert³

et al. 2010

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Abstract:Objectives: Social capital has been recognized as one important social determinant for health, but we still have limited knowledge about how it can be used to explain inequality in health. This study investigated the links between individual social capital and self-rated health by gender and educational level, and analyzed if access to social capital might explain the observed disparities in self-rated health between men and women and different educational groups. Study design: A cross-sectional survey in Northern Sweden. Methods: A social capital questionnaire was constructed and mailed to 15 000 randomly selected individuals. Different forms of structural and cognitive social capital were measured. Self-rated health was used as the outcome measure. Crude and adjusted OR and 95% CI were calculated for good selfrated health and access to each form of social capital. Multivariate regression was used to analyze how sociodemographic factors and access to social capital might influence differences in self-rated health by gender and educational level. Results: Access to almost each form of social capital significantly increased the odds for good self-rated health for all groups. A higher education significantly increased the odds for access to each form of social capital, and being a man significantly increased the odds for having access to some forms of social capital. The health advantage for higher educated and men partly decreased when controlling for access to social capital. Conclusions: Access to social capital can partly explain the observed health inequality between men and women and different educational groups. Strengthening social capital might be one way of tackling health inequality. It is important to consider the structural conditions that create unequal opportunities for different groups to access social capital.

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Social Capital and Health

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Chen²

2021

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

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Health implications of access to social capital: findings from an Australian study

Cited by 98 publications

References 29 publications

Individual social capital, neighbourhood deprivation, and self-rated health in England

Individual social capital, neighbourhood deprivation, and self-rated health in England

Social Capital, Gender and Educational Level Impact on Self-Rated Health~!2009-09-17~!2010-03-11~!2010-05-26~!

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