Social capital and perceived health in Japan: An ecological and multilevel analysis

Fujisawa, Yoshikazu; Hamano, Tsuyoshi; Takegawa, Shogo

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.046

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“…Several studies have been conducted on ecological design [22][23][24]; however, few multilevel data analyses have focused on the issue of whether there is a regional contextual effect for individual health among a Japanese population (see Table 3). Fujisawa et al [25] found a contextual effect of social capital (perceived helpfulness, kindness, and greetings as a social-cohesion index) on health outcomes within small districts, and Ichida et al [26] similarly found that high social trust was significantly associated with good SRH within small communities. Suzuki et al [27] reported that company-level mistrust was associated with poor health, and Hamano et al [28] observed that cognitive and structural aspects of social capital were associated with mental health within neighborhoods.…”

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The relationship between social capital and self-rated health in a Japanese population: a multilevel analysis

Hibino

Takaki

Oginö

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Environ Health Prev Med

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Objective The aim of this study was to use a multilevel analysis to examine whether cognitive and structural dimensions of regional social capital were associated with individual health outcomes after adjusting for compositional factors. Methods Data from the Japanese General Social Surveys project, a nationwide study with a two-stage stratified random sampling method conducted in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2006, were aggregated and used for the multilevel analysis (n = 11,702). We examined whether both cognitive and structural aspects of social capital (social trust, neighborhood safety, and social participation) were associated with the self-rated health (SRH) of residents from 118 regions after adjustment for compositional factors. Results Social trust and existing neighborhood safety were negatively associated with poor SRH, whereas the effect of social participation was not significant. Social trust was still negatively associated with poor SRH after adjusting for individual demographic factors and socioeconomic status (p = 0.001). In contrast, neighborhood safety and social participation did not reach significance after adjusting for compositional factors.Conclusion Based on the results of this study, social trust was associated with health outcomes. Further study is needed to clarify the path linking regional trust in others to individual health outcomes in the Japanese population.

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The relationship between social capital and self-rated health in a Japanese population: a multilevel analysis

Hibino

Takaki

Oginö

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“…For example, three studies on social capital and health in the Chinese context (Norstrand & Xu, 2011;Wang et al, 2008;Yip et al, 2007) varied from each other in measuring social capital. From the existing literature on social capital and health, it appears that the social variables most often being used as reflection of social capital are trust, participation in voluntary organizations, social support, perceived help, network, and so on (Fujisawa et al, 2009;Kawachi et al, 1999;Putnam, 1993;Berry et al, 2000). But some empirical studies have doubted the full applicability of using indicators and questionnaires developed in western cultural context to measure social capital in Chinese society (Norstrand & Xu, 2011;Xu, Perkins, & Chow, 2010).…”

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“…But some empirical studies have doubted the full applicability of using indicators and questionnaires developed in western cultural context to measure social capital in Chinese society (Norstrand & Xu, 2011;Xu, Perkins, & Chow, 2010). Further, social capital at the community level in some studies was aggregated by individual level perceptions (Fujisawa et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2008;Yip et al, 2007). Such measurement may be subject to potential errors (Mohnen, Groenewegen, Volker, & Flap, 2011;Wang et al, 2008).…”

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Social Capital and Self-Rated Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China

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This study examined the association between social capital, at both the individual-and community-level, and self-rated health among older adults in China. Using data from the 2008 Pilot Survey of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, a series of multilevel logistic models were estimated in SAS 9.2. The association between social capital and self-rated health was examined among 996 adults aged 45 or older from two provinces in China, while controlling for demographic characteristics and socioeconomic variables. Our results suggest the significant association between social capital, at both the individual-and community-level, and self-rated health. The individual-level social capital in the form of perceived help in the future and the social capital of community in the form of the availability of amenities and association within the community were significantly related to self-rated health. A significant cross-level interaction effect between individual-and community-level social capital was also observed.

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“…The opportunity structures relevant for participation may in reality be found nearer to the individuals, at the regional or neighborhood level. Indeed, often only a small percentage of individuals' health has been attributed to the macro-level (e.g., Giordano et al 2011;Fujisawa et al 2009;Lindström et al 2004;Poortinga 2006b;Snelgrove et al 2009). In this study as well, individual-level socioeconomic variables explained most of the variation so that the percentage of total variation in health attributable to the country context varied between 4% and 8%.…”

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Country-Level Investment in Cultural Opportunity Structures. A Potential Source of Health Differences Between 21 European Countries

Koivusilta

2017

Soc Indic Res

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Individual's participation in cultural activities may positively affect health through a pathway mediated by social capital. We examine whether country-level investment in cultural opportunity structures was associated with between-country differences in self-rated health and, if so, whether these associations were mediated by citizens' confidence in societal institutions, i.e., by institutional trust, regarded as a dimension of social capital. For 24,887 respondents in the European Social Survey, 2006, data on self-rated health, institutional trust (individual-level and country-level), and sociodemographic variables were linked with statistics-based country-level data on 10 indicators of cultural opportunity structures and mediator variables (gross domestic product (GDP), Gini index, and welfare state regime). Over and above the sociodemographics, six cultural indicators contributed to between-country health differences in logistic multilevel regression analysis: the percentage of arts students, the RC index, the percentage of writers and creative artists of total employment, exports of cultural goods, imports of cultural goods, and the number of feature films produced per capita. Controlling, furthermore, for trust, and country-level mediators, only imports of cultural goods contributed to between-country differences in health. No associations with other cultural indicators remained after controlling for GDP or welfare state regime. Institutional trust may partially mediate the significance of cultural investments for self-rated health. However, both cultural investment and trust may be concomitants of general prosperity and welfare policies. Future studies should investigate whether the countries' welfare policies influence the transformation of cultural investment into institutional trust and which types of indicators best depict associations between investments and health.

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Social capital and perceived health in Japan: An ecological and multilevel analysis

Cited by 93 publications

References 18 publications

The relationship between social capital and self-rated health in a Japanese population: a multilevel analysis

The relationship between social capital and self-rated health in a Japanese population: a multilevel analysis

Social Capital and Self-Rated Health Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in China

Country-Level Investment in Cultural Opportunity Structures. A Potential Source of Health Differences Between 21 European Countries

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