Social capital and self-rated health amongst older people in western Finland and northern Sweden: a multi-level analysis

We conclude that contextual-level social capital on a municipal level is less important for understanding the influence of social capital on health in the Bothnia region of Finland and Sweden. On the other hand, our study shows that individual-level social participation and trust have a positive and...

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Published in:International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Main Authors: Nyqvist, Fredrica, Nygård, Mikael, Steenbeek, Wouter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Older people
Self-rated health
Social capital
Sweden
Northern Sweden
Online Access:https://research.abo.fi/en/publications/7db94189-8805-481c-9e1d-0dc99da94541
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-013-9307-0
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spelling ftaboakademicris:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/7db94189-8805-481c-9e1d-0dc99da94541 2024-04-28T08:32:35+00:00 Social capital and self-rated health amongst older people in western Finland and northern Sweden: a multi-level analysis Nyqvist, Fredrica Nygård, Mikael Steenbeek, Wouter 2014 https://research.abo.fi/en/publications/7db94189-8805-481c-9e1d-0dc99da94541 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-013-9307-0 und unknown https://research.abo.fi/en/publications/7db94189-8805-481c-9e1d-0dc99da94541 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Nyqvist , F , Nygård , M & Steenbeek , W 2014 , ' Social capital and self-rated health amongst older people in western Finland and northern Sweden: a multi-level analysis ' , International Journal of Behavioral Medicine , vol. 21 , no. 2 , pp. 337–347 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-013-9307-0 Older people Self-rated health Social capital Sweden article 2014 ftaboakademicris https://doi.org/10.1007/s12529-013-9307-0 2024-04-09T14:45:05Z We conclude that contextual-level social capital on a municipal level is less important for understanding the influence of social capital on health in the Bothnia region of Finland and Sweden. On the other hand, our study shows that individual-level social participation and trust have a positive and significant association with self-rated health. We suggest that other ways of defining social capital at the collective level, such as the inclusion of neighbourhood social capital, could be one direction for future research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Åbo Akademi University Research Portal International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 21 2 337 347
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Self-rated health
Social capital
Sweden
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Self-rated health
Social capital
Sweden
Nyqvist, Fredrica
Nygård, Mikael
Steenbeek, Wouter
Social capital and self-rated health amongst older people in western Finland and northern Sweden: a multi-level analysis
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Self-rated health
Social capital
Sweden
description We conclude that contextual-level social capital on a municipal level is less important for understanding the influence of social capital on health in the Bothnia region of Finland and Sweden. On the other hand, our study shows that individual-level social participation and trust have a positive and significant association with self-rated health. We suggest that other ways of defining social capital at the collective level, such as the inclusion of neighbourhood social capital, could be one direction for future research.
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