Neighbourhood social capital and individual mental health
Gindo Tampubolon
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Abstract:
Neighbourhood social capital is often claimed benecial for health, yet evidence of this contextual eect in the UK has been thin. To examine this eect, I draw upon Grossman health production model and Blume-Brock-Durlauf social interaction model underpinning the effects of neighbourhood social capital on individual health. This study uses two most recent independent surveys on neighbourhood social capital and on individual mental health in Wales. Both are linked based on neighbourhood. I nd that many forms of neighbourhood social capital, measured with widely used questions, improve resident's mental health (SF36). Public health practitioners have these measures as additional tools to draw upon in formulating public health policy.
Keywords: social capital; SF36; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I18 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-08-13
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