The Influence of Social Capital on Individual Health: Is it the Neighbourhood or the Network?

Sigrid M. Mohnen; Beate Volker; Henk Flap; S. V. Subramanian; Peter P. Groenewegen

doi:10.1007/s11205-014-0632-8

The Influence of Social Capital on Individual Health: Is it the Neighbourhood or the Network?

Sigrid M. Mohnen, Beate Volker, Henk Flap, S. V. Subramanian, Peter P. Groenewegen

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We examined the influence of both individual and neighbourhood social capital on individual health and analysed whether effects of one type of social capital are contingent upon the other. The Dutch 'Housing and Living Survey' (WoON 2006, n = 53,269) was used and combined with information on neighbourhoods (n = 3,273). Using an ecometric approach to estimate neighbourhood social capital, we found that both types of capital were associated with health. In addition, those who have only few contacts with friends and relatives have nevertheless a good health if they have much neighbourhood social capital. The findings demonstrate the potential importance of both types of social capital and the possibility of compensation of one type of social capital by the other one.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	195-214
Journal	Social Indicators Research
Volume	121
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-014-0632-8
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Ecometrics
Neighborhood
Netherlands
Self-rated health
Social capital

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