Social capital, income inequality, and self-rated health in 45 countries

Mansyur, Carol; Amick, Benjamin C.; Harrist, Ronald B.; Franzini, Luisa

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.015

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“…Less evidence is available about the role of cognitive social capital. While several studies find social trust to be correlated with good health, several studies find this correlation not to be robust to different specifications (Kim et al 2006;Folland 2007;Baron-Epel et al 2008;Mansyur et al 2008).…”

Section: Dependent and Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Several studies do not find any correlation between social trust and perceived health (Kennelly et al 2003;Carlson 2004;Fiorillo and Sabatini 2011a). Some studies find that the association between social trust and various measures of health is not robust to different specifications (Kim et al 2006;Folland 2007;Baron-Epel et al 2008;Mansyur et al 2008). While results from the empirical literature seem to be somewhat conflicting, it is worth noting that to date we lack a theoretical explanation of the causal mechanism possibly connecting social trust with health.…”

Section: Instrumental Variablesmentioning

confidence: 94%

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The relationship between happiness and health: Evidence from Italy

Sabatini

2014

Social Science & Medicine

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We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a representative sample (n = 817) of the population of the Italian Province of Trento in March 2011. Based on probit regressions, instrumental variables estimates and structural equations modelling, we find that happiness is strongly correlated with perceived good health, after controlling for a number of relevant socio-economic phenomena. Health inequalities based on income, work status and education are relatively contained in respect to the rest of Italy. As expected, this scales down the role of social capital.

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Section: Dependent and Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Instrumental Variablesmentioning

confidence: 94%

The relationship between happiness and health: Evidence from Italy

Sabatini

2014

Social Science & Medicine

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“…As research conducted in different countries imply, inequality in income levels does not directly affect the deterioration of the health of the population, but contribute to the formation of structural inequalities in access to goods and services. It adversely affects the health of the population through social discrimination, dominant hierarchical structures, inadequate financing of social infrastructure, and the creation of specific risk factors [11,13,14,15]. Risk factors include behavioural factors (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Health inequalities among rural and urban population of Eastern Poland in the context of sustainable development

Pantyley

2017

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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The primary goals of the study were a critical analysis of the concepts associated with health from the perspective of sustainable development, and empirical analysis of health and health-related issues among the rural and urban residents of Eastern Poland in the context of the sustainable development of the region. The study was based on the following research methods: a systemic approach, selection and analysis of the literature and statistical data, developing a special questionnaire concerning socio-economic and health inequalities among the population in the studied area, field research with an interview questionnaire conducted on randomly-selected respondents (N=1,103) in randomly selected areas of the Lubelskie, Podkarpackie, Podlaskie and eastern part of Mazowieckie Provinces (with the division between provincial capital cities -county capital cities -other cities -rural areas). The results of statistical surveys in the studied area with the use of chi-square test and contingence quotients indicated a correlation between the state of health and the following independent variables: age, life quality, social position and financial situation (C-Pearson's coefficient over 0,300); a statistically significant yet weak correlation was recorded for gender, household size, place of residence and amount of free time. The conducted analysis proved the existence of a huge gap between state of health of the population in urban and rural areas. In order to eliminate unfavourable differences in the state iof health among the residents of Eastern Poland, and provide equal sustainable development in urban and rural areas of the examined areas, special preventive programmes aimed at the residents of peripheral, marginalized rural areas should be implemented. In these programmes, attention should be paid to preventive measures, early diagnosis of basic civilization and social diseases, and better accessibility to medical services for the residents.

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“…For example Kawachi et al (1997) provide the following caveat to their results: "it should be cautioned that…there may exist unmeasured societal attitudes that underlie both social capital disinvestment and tolerance of income inequality." Mansyur et al (2008) echo this in their study, saying their inconsistent findings "may be an indication that there are country-specific characteristics related to both income inequality and social capital that could also be associated with health outcomes," and they list cultural factors as one of such characteristics. Likewise, a review on the topic mentions culture as one of many factors that could be confounding the income inequality-health relationship (Babones, 2008), and Wilkinson refers to "cultural processes by which less egalitarian societies develop more aggressive and less supportive social environments" (1999b) and a "culture of inequality" in his writing (2000), though this view assumes mediation.…”

Section: Missed Opportunities For Cultural Analysis On Income Ineqmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Triandis et al (1988) likewise suggest that among individualist groups, there is the semblance of being more social and having a greater number of social connections but that although the number of ties among collectivists is fewer, these ties are stronger. This could imply that the commonly used measures of social capital may not adequately capture the construct and its relationship to individualism in these studies if they do not assess quality, and Mansyur et al (2008) likewise suggest the need for utilizing more nuanced measures of social capital in analyzing the income inequality-health association.…”

Section: The Study Of Culture and Its Relation To Income Inequalimentioning

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Individualism as Habitus: Reframing the Relationship between Income Inequality and Health

Adjaye-Gbewonyo

2017

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Public health literature has demonstrated a negative effect of income inequality on a number of health outcomes. Researchers have attempted to explain this phenomenon, drawing on psychosocial and neomaterialist explanations. This paper argues, however, that these approaches fail to recognize the crucial role of culture, focusing specifically on the cultural value of individualism. Through a review of the literature and Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice as a theoretical framework, I provide support for the proposition that an ideology based in individualism is the context within which income inequality, social fragmentation, material deprivation, and consequently poor health outcomes are produced. I further offer recommendations for continued research into the role of cultural determinants in the income inequality-health relationship.

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Social capital, income inequality, and self-rated health in 45 countries

Cited by 183 publications

References 43 publications

The relationship between happiness and health: Evidence from Italy

The relationship between happiness and health: Evidence from Italy

Health inequalities among rural and urban population of Eastern Poland in the context of sustainable development

Individualism as Habitus: Reframing the Relationship between Income Inequality and Health

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