Titre :
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The protective effects of civic communities against all-cause mortality. (2010)
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Auteurs :
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LEE (Matthew-R) : USA. Louisiana State University. Department of Sociology. Baton Rouge. LA.
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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. 70, n° 11, 2010)
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Pagination :
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1840-1846
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Protection
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Communauté
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Facteur
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Mortalité
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Epidémiologie
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Homme
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Amérique
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Amérique du Nord
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xH9q8s. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This study integrates the civic community framework from sociology into ecological research on mortality rates. The main hypothesis is that communities with high levels of civic engagement, a strong institutional infrastructure for civic participation, and a vibrant entrepreneurial economic climate should have lower rates of all-cause mortality. The analysis drew on data from the CDC WONDER system database for all counties in the US. The results from weighted least squares analysis of county level all-cause mortality rates age-adjusted to the 2000 population provide substantial support for the civic community perspective. Net of a range of important control variables, civically strong communities exhibit significantly lower rates of all-cause mortality.
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