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| Social capital affects the health of older people more strongly than that of younger people | | Author(s) | Johanna Muckenhuber, Willibald J Stronegger, Wolfgang Freidl |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 33, no 5, July 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, July 2013 |
| Pages | pp 853-870 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Citizenship ; Social interaction ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young people ; Adults ; Comparison ; Austria. |
| Annotation | The study examines whether social capital affects health of older people more strongly than it affects health of younger individuals. Following Pierre Bourdieu's concept, social capital has been analysed on a cognitive dimension, distinguishing between institutional and informal social capital. The analysis is based on the data of the Austrian Health Interview Survey (ATHIS) 2006-07 with a representative sample of 15,575 people. Multivariate linear regression models were calculated. Measures of health and social capital were operationalised by indices based on the quality of life inventory of the World Health Organization (WHO), the WHOQOL-Brief questionnaire. The analysis has shown institutional social capital to be significantly more important for health of older people (60 years or older) than for younger people. There is a gender difference in the interaction between informal social capital and age in their association with psychological health. In contrast to the sub-sample of women, the psychological health of older men is more strongly affected by a lack of informal social capital than that of younger men. Institutional social capital is of special importance for the health of older people. Therefore, health promotion activities for older people should include activities to strengthen their social capital. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130628205 A |
| Classmark | IKC: TMA: TMB: CC: BB: SB: SD: 48: 76A |
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