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No 2009:123:
An exploratory study of associations between social capital and selfassessed health in Norway
Tor Iversen
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Tor Iversen: University of Oslo, Postal: Health Economics Research Programme at the University of Oslo (HERO),, Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, P.O. Box 1089 Blindern, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway
Abstract: The objective of this study is to estimate associations between social capital and health when other factors are controlled for. Data from the survey of level-of-living conditions by Statistics Norway are merged with data from several other sources. The merged files combine data at the individual level with data that describe indicators of community-level social capital related to each person’s county of residence. Both cross-sectional and panel data are used. We find that one indicator of community-level social capital — voting participation in local elections — was positively associated with self-assessed health in the cross-sectional study and in the panel data study. While we find that religious activity at the community-level has a positive effect in the cross-sectional survey and a non-significant effect in the panel survey, we find that sports organizations have a negative effect on health in the cross-sectional survey and a non-significant effect in the panel study. This result indicates that sports organizations represent bonding social capital.
Keywords: Social capital; health; Norway
Language: English
21 pages, 2009
Note: Available online at: http://www.hero.uio.no/publicat/2007/HERO2007_9.pdf
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