Social capital, gender and self-rated health. Evidence from the Moscow Health Survey 2004

Ферландер, Сара; Mäkinen, Ilkka

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.009

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“…visiting friends and acquaintances, membership of voluntary associations) to SAH seems to be particularly important for men, proving once again the necessity to account for different gender roles, socializing patterns, and the values embedded within them, in the Russian (and not only) society, since social capital provides access to different forms of resources, influences and support, but also imposes different obligations. 50 Therefore, the concepts of social and human capital could be important in better understanding health resilience and should be included in future studies, subject to availability of such data.…”

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Economic shocks and health resilience: lessons from the Russian Federation

Gordeev¹,

Goryakin²,

McKee³

et al. 2017

Journal of Public Health

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A B S T R AC TBackground Despite extensive research on determinants of health, there is much less information on factors protecting health among those exposed to economic shocks. Using longitudinal data from the Russian Federation in the post-Soviet period, we examined individual-level factors that enhance resilience of health to economic shocks.Methods Logistic regression analysed factors associated with good self-assessed health (SAH) and health resilience, using pooled samples from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics (1994Economics ( -2012.Results The general population consistently reported 'average' SAH, indicating almost invariant trends over the years. Male gender was the strongest predictor of good SAH and health resilience. Other factors positively associated with good SAH were age, higher education, employment, residing in rural areas, living in a larger and/or non-poor household. Among unemployed and those remaining unemployed, residing in rural areas, living in a larger and/or non-poor household remained the strongest predictors of good SAH and health resilience. These same factors were also important for males with recent job loss.Conclusions Several factors predicting good SAH in the general population also influence health resilience factors among those remaining unemployed and experiencing a job loss. Such factors help to identify those most vulnerable and aid targeting assistance during economic crises.

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Economic shocks and health resilience: lessons from the Russian Federation

Gordeev¹,

Goryakin²,

McKee³

et al. 2017

Journal of Public Health

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“…In the literature, moreover, some authors divide social capital into cognitive and structural components as well as into formal and informal forms (Uphoff 1999;Lochner et al 2003;Ferlander and Mäkinen 2009) b) Social relationships can promote the diffusion of health information, increase the likelihood that healthy norms of behavior are adopted (e.g., physical activity and usage of preventive services) and exert social control over deviant health-related behaviors, such as drinking and smoking (Kawachi et al 1999;Folland 2007).…”

Section: Social Capital and Healthmentioning

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Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the UK-SILC

Fiorillo

Nappo

2016

Review of Social Economy

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“…In the literature, some authors divide social capital into cognitive and structural components as well into formal and informal forms (Uphoff 1999;Lochner et al 2003;Ferlander and Mäkinen 2009). On the one hand, cognitive social capital derives from individuals' perceptions resulting in norms, values and beliefs, while structural social capital concerns individuals' behaviours and mainly takes the form of formal and informal networks, which can be observed and measured through surveys.…”

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Workers’ health and social relations in Italy

Fiorillo

2016

JES

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The paper investigates whether social relations are associated with the health of workers after controlling for demographic and worker characteristics, housing features, neighbourhood quality, size of municipality and regional dummies. We consider two level of social relationships: i) individual social relations that we proxy by the frequency of meetings with friends, and; ii) contextual social relations, the average frequency with which people meet friends at the community level. A Heckman selection model is estimated from the worker sample, employing both self-reported and objective health measures using new data from an income and living conditions survey carried out in 2006 by the Italian Statistics Office (IT-SILC). Results show that social relations at the individual level are positively correlated with self-perceived health, negatively associated with chronic condition but not related to limitations in daily activities. Contextual social relations are negatively linked with chronic condition and limitations in daily activities but not correlated with self-perceived health.JEL Codes: C35; I12; I18; Z1

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Social capital, gender and self-rated health. Evidence from the Moscow Health Survey 2004

Cited by 70 publications

References 50 publications

Economic shocks and health resilience: lessons from the Russian Federation

Economic shocks and health resilience: lessons from the Russian Federation

Formal volunteering and self-perceived health. Causal evidence from the UK-SILC

Workers’ health and social relations in Italy

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