| Titre : | Health Crisis in Russia and Eastern Europe. How much does social capital add to individual health ? A survey study of Russians. (2000) |
| Auteurs : | Richard ROSE ; William COCKERHAM, éd. ; Irina-V MCKEEHAN, éd. ; Johannes SIEGRIST, éd. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 51, n° 9, 2000) |
| Pagination : | 1421-1435 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Etat santé ; Morbidité ; Morbidité [épidémiologie] ; Epidémiologie ; Facteur risque ; Prévention santé ; Homme ; Russie |
| Résumé : | [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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