Cross-level group density interactions on mental health for cultural, but not economic, components of social class

Christopher W N Saville and Robin Mann

Social Science & Medicine, 2022, vol. 296, issue C

Abstract: The ethnic density literature links mental health to ethnic minority status in one's neighbourhood. This design has also been applied to other identities, including sexual and political minorities, but surprisingly little attention has been paid to class-based identities. We use a Bourdieusian framework to examine whether a ‘class density’ association with mental health can be found for economic capital – people's material assets – and cultural capital – symbolic signifiers of class, such as tastes and interests.

Keywords: Social class; Bourdieu; Mental health; Neighbourhoods; Ethnic density; Wales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114790

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