Social Capital & Self-Rated Health in the Republic of Ireland. Evidence from the European Social Survey

Liam Delaney, Pat Wall and Fearghal O'hAodha
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Pat Wall: Assoicate Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health & Population Science, University College Dublin
Fearghal O'hAodha: Research Assistant, Geary Institute, University College Dublin

No 200707, Working Papers from Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper analyses the determinants of self-reported health in Ireland, conditioning selfreported health on a set of socio-economic, labour market and social capital variables. Ireland has the highest self-reported health rate in Europe. The results demonstrate statistically significant effects of income on self-reported health that are robust to different statistical specifications and statistically significant though modest effects of social capital variables such as associational membership and frequency of social meeting.

Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2007-02-12
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