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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xy0tEr. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : Material circumstances and collective psychosocial processes have been invoked as potential explanations for socioeconomic inequalities in health ; and, linking social capital has been proposed as a way of reconciling these apparently opposing explanations. Methods : We conducted multilevel logistic regression of self-rated health (fair or poor vs excellent, very good, or good) on 14 495 individuals living within 41 statistical local areas who were respondents to the 1998 Tasmanian Healthy Communities Study. We modelled the effects of area-level socioeconomic disadvantage and social capital (neighbourhood integration, neighbourhood alienation, neighbourhood safety, social trust, trust in public/private institutions, and political participation), and adjusted for the effects of individual characteristics. Results : Area-level socioeconomic disadvantage was associated with poor self-rated health (bêta=0.0937, P
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