Titre :
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Health Crisis in Russia and Eastern Europe. How much does social capital add to individual health ? A survey study of Russians. (2000)
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Auteurs :
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Richard ROSE ;
William COCKERHAM, éd. ;
Irina-V MCKEEHAN, éd. ;
Johannes SIEGRIST, éd.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 51, n° 9, 2000)
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Pagination :
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1421-1435
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Etat santé
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Morbidité
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Morbidité [épidémiologie]
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur risque
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Prévention santé
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Homme
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Russie
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST qZiyR0xa. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Some Russians are healthier than others. To what extent does their health vary with involvement or exclusion from social capital networks ? The first section reviews alternative theories : human capital as the primary determinant : social capital, whether generic, situation-specific or simply a new label for old measures of social integration ; or a composite theory both human and social capital are major determinants of health. The evidence to test hypotheses consists of individual-level data about self-assessed physical and emotional health from the special-purpose social capital questionnaire used in the 1998 New Russia Barometer survey, a nationwide representative sample of the adult Russian population. Multiple regression analysis shows that on their own human capital and social capital each account for a notable amount of variance in health. When both forms of capital are combined in a composite model, each retains major influence, demonstrating that social capital does make an independent contribution to health. Significant social capital influences include involvement or exclusion from formal and informal networks ; friends to rely on when ill ; control over one's own life ; and trust. Significant human capital influences besides age include subjective social status, gender and income. (...)
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