Social capital and types of illness: where is it most effective?

M. Kamrul Islam, Sherman Folland and Oddvar Martin Kaarbøe

Chapter 9 in Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health, 2018, pp 125-136 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter looks at the relationship of social capital with a variety of illnesses. It compares samples from the US and Norway that suggest a strong connection between the stress-reduction effects of social capital and the incidence among the 18 various diseases studied. Even diseases like asthma have a stress component that is negatively correlated with social capital.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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