A multilevel analysis of social capital and self-rated health: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey |
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Authors: | John W Snelgrove Hynek Pikhart Mai Stafford |
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Institution: | 1. Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, Medical Sciences Building, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1;2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK |
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Abstract: | Social capital is often described as a collective benefit engendered by generalised trust, civic participation, and mutual reciprocity. This feature of communities has been shown to associate with an assortment of health outcomes at several levels of analysis. The current study assesses the evidence for an association between area-level social capital and individual-level subjective health. Respondents participating in waves 8 (1998) and 9 (1999) of the British Household Panel Survey were identified and followed-up 5 years later in wave 13 (2003). Area social capital was measured by two aggregated survey items: social trust and civic participation. Multilevel logistic regression models were fitted to examine the association between area social capital indicators and individual poor self-rated health. Evidence for a protective association with current self-rated health was found for area social trust after controlling for individual characteristics, baseline self-rated health and individual social trust. There was no evidence for an association between area civic participation and self-rated health after adjustment. The findings of this study expand the literature on social capital and health through the use of longitudinal data and multilevel modelling techniques. |
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Keywords: | UK Social capital Self-rated health Longitudinal British Household Panel Survey Multilevel modelling |
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