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Social capital and self-rated health among older adults
— a comparative analysis of Finland, Poland and Spain | | Author(s) | Eleni Koutsogeorgou, Fredrica Nyqvist, Mikael Nygard |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 35, no 3, March 2015 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, March 2015 |
| Pages | pp 653-667 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Well being ; Social interaction ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Correlation ; Comparison ; Finland ; Poland ; Spain. |
| Annotation | This paper investigates the association between structural and cognitive aspects of social capital and self-rated health among adults aged 50+, living in three countries: Finland, Poland and Spain. The study, which was based on data from the European Social Survey (2008/09), was a part of the EU research project COURAGE in Europe. More specifically, the paper assesses the association between social capital indicators - informal social network and general trust - and good self-rated health through single-level and joint effects analyses. The results show Finland to be a country of high social capital, in terms of both social networks and general trust, while Spain shows low levels of general trust, and Poland low levels of informal social networks. As to the association between social capital and self-rated health, high levels of general trust and high networks were found to be associated with good health among all countries' respondents. Older people living in partnerships, with higher education, higher levels of engagement in informal networks and general trust, were found to be more likely to show good self-rated health. These comparative analyses revealed different associations between social capital and health according to country. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150623021 A |
| Classmark | D: D:F:5HH: TMA: TMB: CC: 49: 48: 76L: 7AE: 76S |
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