Community-Based Cognitive Social Capital and Self-Rated Health among Older Chinese Adults: The Moderating Effects of Education

Jingyue Zhang, Shicun Xu and Nan Lu
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Jingyue Zhang: Department of Sociology, School of Philosophy and Sociology, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Shicun Xu: Department of Population, Resources and Environment, Northeast Asian Studies College, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Nan Lu: Department of Social Work and Social Policy, School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: This study investigated the moderating role of education on the association between community-based cognitive social capital and self-rated health among older adults in urban Chinese communities. Data were derived from a community survey conducted in Suzhou, China, in November 2015. A sample of 456 respondents aged 60 or older completed interviews. Multiple-group analysis from a structural equation modeling perspective was adopted to examine the proposed model. The measurement model of community-based cognitive social capital featured four trust and reciprocity indicators. Measurement invariance was established across high and low education groups. Education was found to have a moderating effect on the association between community-based cognitive social capital and self-rated health, but only in the high education group. Education should be considered an important factor in future social capital policy and intervention plans. Policy and intervention implications are discussed.

Keywords: education; social capital; self-rated health; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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