Introduction
Defining and measuring social capital
Social capital and health inequalities: the theory
Hypotheses of interaction
Research aim
Methods
Quality assessment
Results
Correlation between social capital and socioeconomic inequalities in health
Buffer effect of social capital on health inequalities
Study (year) | Sample | Social capital measure | Health measure | Measure SES | Confirmed interaction hypothesis | Quality 1=poor, 2=average, 3=high |
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Abdou
(2010)
| 297 pregnant US women | Cognitive Bonding | Symptoms of mental illness, wellbeing | Childhood + adult SES | Buffer | 2 |
Altschuler
(2004)
| 49 Americans | Cognitive Structural Bridging | Self-rated health | Average household income | Buffer | 2 |
Baron-
Epel
(2008)
| 4350 adult Jews and Arabs in Israel | Cognitive Structural Bonding | Self-rated health | Income, occupation and education | Buffer + dependency | 2 |
Beaudoin
(2009)
| 5586 US residents | Cognitive Structural Bridging | Self-rated health | Household income | Dependency | 2 |
Bohn
(2011)
| 4323 German students | Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging | Self-rated health | Education | Buffer | 3 |
Cohen
(2003)
| 8782 Chicago residents | Cognitive Bridging | Premature mortality | Concentrated neighbourhood disadvantage | Buffer | 2 |
Gee
(2006)
| 2241 Filipino Americans | Cognitive Bonding | Unfair medical treatment | EducationEmployment | Buffer | 3 |
Gorman
(2007)
| 29816 US citizens ≥ 25 years old | Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging | Self-rated health Hypertension | Education, relative family income, employment, financial barriers, insurance | Buffer + dependency | 3 |
Jesse
(2006)
| 130 low-income pregnant US women | Cognitive Bonding | Smoking and substance abuse | Level of education, insurance status | Buffer | 2 |
Pearson
(2011)
| 8566 Americans | Cognitive Structural Bridging Bonding | Self-rated health | Education, household income | Buffer | 2 |
Stafford
(2008)
| 9082 UK residents | Cognitive Structural Bridging Bonding | Common mental disorders | Household deprivation | Buffer | 3 |
Subramanian
(2002)
| 21456 US residents | Cognitive Bridging | Self-rated health | Educational attainment, income | Area-level | 3 |
Sun
(2009)
| 1605 Chinese urban residents ≥ 15 years old | Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging | Self-rated health | Education, poverty, household income | Buffer | 3 |
Van der Wel
(2007)
| 11807 residents from Oslo (Norway) | Cognitive Structural Bridging | Self-rated health | Median income, income inequality, education | Buffer | 2 |
Study (year) | Sample | Social capital measure | Health measure | Measure SES | Rejected hypothesis | Quality 1=poor, 2=average, 3=high |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdou
(2010)
| 297 pregnant US women | Cognitive Bonding | Symptoms of mental illness, wellbeing | Childhood + adult SES | Dependency | 2 |
Abel
(2011)
| 3068 Dutch and Hungarian adolescents | Cognitive Structural Bonding | Self-rated health | Self-assessed financial resources | Buffer + dependency | 2 |
Bjornstrom
(2011)
| 2176 Los Angeles residents | Cognitive Bridging | Self-rated health | Relative income | Buffer + dependency | 3 |
Dahl
(2010)
| 3190 Norwegian adults | Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging Linking | Self-rated health Longstanding illness | Education, employment status, subjective poverty, household income | Buffer + dependency | 2 |
Engstrom
(2008)
| 31182 adults from Stockholm, Sweden | Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging Linking | Self-rated health | Occupation, education, income, area income | Buffer + dependency | 3 |
Gallo
(2006)
| 304 San Diego residents | Cognitive Structural Bridging Linking | Self-rated health | Education | Buffer + dependency | 2 |
Sun
(2009)
| 1605 Chinese urban residents ≥ 15 years old | Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging | Self-rated health | Education, poverty, household income | Dependency | 3 |
Van der Wel
(2007)
| 11807 residents from Oslo (Norway) | Cognitive Structural Bridging | Self-rated health | Median income, income inequality, education | Dependency | 2 |