Social capital and health and well-being in East Asia: A population-based study

Kazue Yamaoka

Social Science & Medicine, 2008, vol. 66, issue 4, 885-899

Abstract: How individual-level social capital relates to adult health and well-being was examined using data from a cross-sectional interview survey in East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, five areas in Mainland China, and Taiwan) in 2002-2004. The number of self-reported somatic symptoms, subjective health satisfaction, life satisfaction and social capital indicators, as well as socio-economic status (SES), were analyzed by a logistic regression model. Adjusting for SES, social capital measured by belonging to organizations and weakness in "norms of reciprocity" were related to a greater number of self-reported somatic symptoms (pÂ

Keywords: Self-reported; somatic; symptoms; Health; satisfaction; Well-being; Social; capital; East; Asia; Population-based; survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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