Social capital and depression: evidence from urban elderly in China

Cao, Weiming; Li, Lü; Zhou, Xudong; Zhou, Changli

doi:10.1080/13607863.2014.948805

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“…We found that a higher level of social capital was associated with a lower likelihood of experiencing depressive disorders after adjustment for confounders in the total population, which is consistent with previous studies [6,10,11,27]. Li et al [10] and Han et al [6] showed that a lower level of social capital (concerning trust and reciprocity) was connected associated with suffering from depression among people in their later life.…”

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Association between social capital and depression among older people: evidence from Anhui Province, China

Bai

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Background: To examine the relationship between social capital and depression among community-dwelling older adults in Anhui Province, China.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among older people selected from three cities of Anhui Province, China using a multi-stage stratiﬁed cluster random sampling method. Data were collected through questionnaire interviews and information on demographic characteristics, social capital, and depression was collected. The generalized linear model and classification and regression tree model were employed to assess the association between social capital and depression. Results: Totally, 1,810 older people aged ≥ 60 years were included in the final analysis. Overall, all of the social capital dimensions were positively associated with depression: social participation (coefficient: 0.35, 95% CI: 0.22 - 0.48), social support (coefficient:0.18, 95% CI:0.07 - 0.28), social connection (coefficient: 0.76, 95% CI:0.53 - 1.00), trust (coefficient:0.62, 95% CI:0.33 - 0.92), cohesion (coefficient:0.31, 95% CI:0.17 - 0.44) and reciprocity (coefficient:0.30, 95% CI:0.11 - 0.48), which suggested that older people with higher social capital had a smaller chance to develop depression. A complex joint effect of certain social capital dimensions on depression was also observed. The association with depression and the combinative effect of social capital varied among older adults across the cities. Conclusions: Our study suggests that improving social capital could aid in the prevention of depression among older adults.

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Association between social capital and depression among older people: evidence from Anhui Province, China

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“…Social capital is observed to improve health status (e.g., Yamamura 2011, Fiorillo andSabatini 2015). Cao et al (2015) used individual-level data from urban China to show that trust was significantly associated with geriatric depression, although social participation was not correlated with geriatric depression. In contrast, in Nordic countries a trust in neighbors failed to show a significant association with depression for adults over 65 years of age (Forsman et al 2012).…”

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Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas: The Case of Japanese Adults in 2006

Yamamura

2015

Social Science & Medicine

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Eiji Yamamura (Seinan Gakuin Un iversity) Terms of use: Documents inAbstract.An increasing number of studies have addressed the determinants of suicide.Social capital is a key factor in preventing suicide. However, little is known about the experience of suicide ideation using subjective values. From the viewpoint of suicide prevention, it is worth examining how people think of suicide. This paper attempts to examine the effect of social capital on suicide ideation. Furthermore, the paper compares the effect of social capital between urban and non-urban areas.In this paper, urban areas are equivalent to mega-cities with populations over one million. Non-urban areas are cities with populations of less than one million, towns and villages. Individual-level data from the Japanese General Social Surveys (JGSSs) are used. The survey, which was conducted in 2006, provides information about the subjective value of suicide ideation. The survey was answered by 1,413 subjects with a mean age of 54.5. Of the subjects, 49% were male. Social trust is used to measure the degree of social capital, and the outcome of interest is suicide ideation within the past 5 years. After controlling for various factors, the major findings are that both individual-level social trust and social trust accumulated in one's residential administrative district reduce the probability that one will consider suicide. After dividing the sample into urban and non-urban residents, particularized trust plays a role in deterring suicide ideation in urban areas, while generalized trust plays a role in deterring suicide ideation in non-urban areas. The effect of each type of trust depends on its scarcity in residential areas.

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“…For both BADL and IADL, the respondents' responses were scored as: I don't have any difficulty = 4, I have difficulty but can still do it = 3, I have difficulty and need help = 2, I cannot do it = 1. The scores were summed up and defined as BADL (range: 6-24) and IADL (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). The Chronbach's α was 0.…”

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“…Compared to studies on the issue in developed countries, China's studies have been relatively scarce and provide mixed results. Studies have found that social network and social capital-which are concepts closely related to and overlapped with SP-were positively associated with health outcomes [16][17][18][19], whereas one study found no association between social capital and geriatric depression [20]. Regarding SP, studies have shown conflicting evidences; SP was found to improve self-rated health (SRH) and mental health but have no effect on chronic diseases [21], whereas an inverse association between SP and the onset of hypertension was found for women but not for men [22].…”

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Impact of social participation on health among middle-aged and elderly adults: evidence from longitudinal survey data in China

Piao

Oshio

2020

BMC Public Health

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Background: Social participation (SP) is known to have a favourable impact on health. However, studies on this issue have been conducted mainly in advanced countries, and results in China have been mixed. This study examined the impact of SP on health outcomes of middle-aged and elderly adults in China, adjusted for simultaneity and heterogeneity biases. Methods: In total, 57,417 observations of 28,935 individuals obtained from the population-based, three-wave panel survey, Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), conducted in 2011, 2013, and 2015 were used. The associations between one-or two-wave-lagged SP and health outcomes (mental health, self-rated health [SRH], activities of daily living [ADL], and diagnosed diseases) were examined by linear regression models. Individual-level heterogeneity was addressed by the random-effects estimation method. Results: SP was found to have a positive impact on mental health and ADL. Specifically, one-wave-lagged SP improved mental health measure (range: 10-70) by 0.820 (standard error [SE]: 0.199, p < 0.001), the basic ADL measure (range: 6-24) by 0.147 (SE: 0.043, p < 0.001), and the instrumental ADL measure (range: 5-20) by 0.159 (SE: 0.035, p < 0.001). In contrast, SP did not significantly affect SRH or diagnosed diseases. The impact of SP differed by SP type; playing Mah-jong (Chinese traditional game), chess, or cards, or going to the community club had the most favourable effect. The impact of SP on health was also greater for women than men and greater for individuals aged 60-69 years than those aged 45-59 years and aged 70 and older. Conclusions: SP had a positive, albeit selective, impact on health outcomes among middle-aged and elderly adults in China. The results suggest that policy measures to encourage these individuals to engage in SP are needed to enhance their health.

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Social capital and depression: evidence from urban elderly in China

Cited by 132 publications

References 51 publications

Association between social capital and depression among older people: evidence from Anhui Province, China

Association between social capital and depression among older people: evidence from Anhui Province, China

Comparison of Social Trust's effect on suicide ideation between urban and non-urban areas: The Case of Japanese Adults in 2006

Impact of social participation on health among middle-aged and elderly adults: evidence from longitudinal survey data in China

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