TY - JOUR
T1 - Social capital and self-rated health
T2 - Results from the US 2006 social capital survey of one community
AU - Schultz, Jennifer
AU - O'Brien, A. Maureen
AU - Tadesse, Bedassa
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Using data from the 2006 Social Capital Community Survey in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, USA, we investigate associations between individual social capital measures (attitudes on trust, formal group involvement, informal socializing, organized group interaction, social support and volunteer activity) and self-rated health after controlling for individual and economic characteristics. In particular, we address issues of social capital as an endogenous determinant of self-reported health using instrumental variables probit estimation. After accounting for the endogeneity of these various measures of individual social capital, we find that individual social capital is a significant predictor of self-rated health.
AB - Using data from the 2006 Social Capital Community Survey in Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, USA, we investigate associations between individual social capital measures (attitudes on trust, formal group involvement, informal socializing, organized group interaction, social support and volunteer activity) and self-rated health after controlling for individual and economic characteristics. In particular, we address issues of social capital as an endogenous determinant of self-reported health using instrumental variables probit estimation. After accounting for the endogeneity of these various measures of individual social capital, we find that individual social capital is a significant predictor of self-rated health.
KW - Individual social capital
KW - Self-rated health
KW - Social interaction
KW - Social networks
KW - Social trust
KW - USA
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 18555571
AN - SCOPUS:47049129858
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 67
SP - 606
EP - 617
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 4
ER -