Hydropower, Social Capital, Community Impacts, and Self‐Rated Health in the Amazon*

Previous studies have shown both positive and non-positive associations between social capital and health. However, longitudinal evidence examining its comprehensive effects on well-being is still limited. This study examined whether structural social capital in the local community was related to the later well-being of Japanese people aged 40 or above. A 3.6-year longitudinal study was conducted in a rural Japanese town. “Well-being” was measured using three indicators (happiness, self-rated health, and depressive symptoms), and those who were high in well-being in the baseline 2015 survey and responded to the follow-up 2018 survey were analyzed (n = 1032 for happiness, 938 for self-rated health, and 471 for depressive symptoms). Multilevel Poisson regression analysis adjusted for covariates showed that having contact with fewer neighbors was associated with a decline in happiness at both the community level (adjusted relative risk = 1.64, 95% confidence interval = 1.20–1.63) and the individual level (adjusted relative risk = 1.51, 95% confidence interval = 1.05–2.17), but participation in local community activities was not. The results suggest that dense personal networks might be more important in areas with thriving local community activities, not only for individuals but also for all community members.

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Types of social capital in relation to self-rated health: Gender differences in a nationally representative cross-sectional study of South Korean adults

Global Public Health ◽

10.1080/17441692.2021.1924221 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Soim Park ◽

Yunhee Kang ◽

Pamela J. Surkan

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Social Capital ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

South Korean ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

Korean Adults ◽

Nationally Representative

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The effect of self-rated health, subjective socioeconomic status, social capital, and physical activity on life satisfaction: a cross-sectional study in urban western Iran

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-10261-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nader Rajabi Gilan ◽

Mehdi khezeli ◽

Shirin Zardoshtian

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Social Capital ◽

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

College Education ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Subjective Socioeconomic Status ◽

Self Rated Health

Abstract Background Life satisfaction is an important component in designing strategies to improve health outcomes in different groups of society. This study aimed to investigate the effect of subjective socioeconomic status (SSS), social capital (SC), self-rated health (SRH), and physical activity (PA) on life satisfaction (LS) in Iran. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1187 people (643 men and 544 women) lived in five western cities in Iran. The sampling method was multistage clustering. Data collection tool was a five part questionnaire including demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status ladder, social capital scale, a question to measure physical activity, and the life satisfaction scale. Data were analyzed using independent t-test, one way ANOVA, and Ordinal Logistic Regression. Result Life satisfaction was higher in married men and women compared to single and widows (p < 0.05). Among the variables included in the main model, the significant predictors were college education (− 0.500), marriage (coefficient = 0.422), age 25–34 years (coefficient = − 0.384), SRH (coefficient = 0.477), male sex (coefficient = 0.425), SSS (coefficient = 0.373), trust (coefficient = 0.115), and belonging and empathy (coefficient = 0.064). Conclusion SRH and SSS were significant predictors of life satisfaction in west Iranian society. Being married was associated with higher LS, but college education affects LS adversely.

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