Social capital and health status: longitudinal race and ethnicity differences in older adults from 2006 to 2014

Ester Villalonga-Olives (), Josue Almansa, Cheryl L. Knott and Yusuf Ransome
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Ester Villalonga-Olives: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Josue Almansa: University of Groningen
Cheryl L. Knott: University of Maryland College Park
Yusuf Ransome: Yale School of Public Health

International Journal of Public Health, 2020, vol. 65, issue 3, No 12, 302 pages

Abstract: Abstract Objectives We examined the longitudinal associations of social capital on self-rated health and differences by race/ethnicity in older adults. Methods We used Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative sample of US adults aged ≥ 50 years evaluated every 2 years (2006–2014) (N = 18,859). We investigated the relationship between social capital indicators (neighborhood social cohesion/physical disorder, positive/negative social support) with self-rated health accounting for age, gender, education and stratified by race/ethnicity. We used structural equation multilevel modeling estimating the associations: within-wave and between-persons. Results We observed between-persons-level associations among social capital indicators and self-rated health. Individuals with overall levels of positive social support and neighborhood social cohesion tended to have overall better self-rated health [correlations 0.21 (p

Keywords: Social capital; Health status; Racial differences; Older adults; Longitudinal; Multilevel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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