Social Capital and Self-Rated Health
A Cross-Sectional Study among Rural Japanese Working Residents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15464654 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elijah Deku-Mwin Kuurdor (Mie University, corresponding author), Hirokazu Tanaka (0000-0002-3153-8802, Division of Surveillance and Policy Evaluation, Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, 5-1-1, Tsukuji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan), Takumi Kitajima (Mie University), Jennifer Xolali Amexo (0000-0003-2560-6482, Mie University), Shigeru Sokejima (Mie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Pages | 14018-14018 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph192114018 |
| PMID | 36360898 |
| OpenAlex | W4307434516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
Social capital is positively associated with self-rated health; however, this association among workers is still unclear. Thus, this study examined the relationship between social capital and self-rated health with special attention to the employment type. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 6160 workers aged 20-64 years from two towns in Mie Prefecture in January-March 2013. Social capital was assessed using five items in 4816 income-earning workers. The social capital scores were summed and then divided into three groups. The self-rated health responses were dichotomised into 'poor' and 'good'. The association was examined using a stepwise binomial logistic regression stratified by employment type and adjusted for potential confounders. Regular employees with low social capital had a higher significant odds ratio of poor self-rated health than medium (OR 0.58 95% CIs 0.39-0.87) and high (OR 0.39; 95% CIs 0.26-0.59) social capital levels after controlling for all potential confounders. Similar patterns were observed for non-regular employees with medium and high social capital. There was a significant relationship between some indicators of social capital and poor self-rated health among self-employees. These results highlight that social capital acts as an unequal health resource for different types of workers
Confounding · Cross-sectional study · Demographic economics · Economics · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Self-rated health · Social capital · Social status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |