Does social capital interact with economic hardships in influencing older adults' health? A study from China

doi:10.1186/s12939-021-01542-y

	Does social capital interact with economic hardships in influencing older adults' health? A study from China
	Gu, Lijuan 2; Cheng, Yang 3; Phillips, David R.4; Rosenberg, Mark 1; Yang, Linsheng 2,5; Wang, Li 2; Li, Hairong 2
刊名	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH
	2021-09-15
卷号	20 期号:1 页码:12
关键词	Physical and mental health Urban and rural Cohesion trust and participation Material and psychosocial mechanisms Older people
DOI	10.1186/s12939-021-01542-y
通讯作者	Li, Hairong(lihr@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Background The importance of social and economic capital as predictors of health is widely documented, yet the complexity of interactions between them and effects on older people's health is still unclear. Combining the material and psychosocial explanations of health, this study explores the potential interactions between social and economic capital in influencing older adults' health in urban and rural China. Methods Using data from the China Family Panel Survey, physical and mental health in 2018 were regressed on social and economic capital indicators in 2016, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics of 3535 respondents aged 65 and older. Rothman's synergy index was calculated to investigate potential interaction effects. Results Economic hardships were significantly related to both self-reported health and mental health. Neighborhood cohesion and social participation were significantly associated with mental health for all, bonding trust was significantly associated with mental health for urban older people. We found no significant associations between social capital components and self-reported health. There was an interaction effect between low neighborhood cohesion and economic hardships, and between low social participation and economic hardships, creating an increased burden of poor mental health. The interaction effect between low bonding trust and economic hardships on mental health was apparent only among urban older people. Conclusions Geographical settings are important factors in the complexity between social and economic capital in affecting older health. Intervention efforts directed towards reducing simultaneously multiple dimensions of deprivation, such as poverty, social exclusion, social isolation, could be helpful in improving older people's health. In materially deprived places, policies to promote health equity by improving social capital but without eliminating poverty may be less effective.
资助项目	Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China[41901179] ; Science and Technology Project of Beautiful China Ecological Civilization Construction[XDA23100403] ; Direct Grant scheme of Lingnan University, Hong Kong[DR182B] ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[2018M640171]
WOS关键词	SELF-RATED HEALTH ; URBAN ; PARTICIPATION ; DEPRESSION
WOS研究方向	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
语种	英语
出版者	BMC
WOS记录号	WOS:000696205500001
资助机构	Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Science and Technology Project of Beautiful China Ecological Civilization Construction ; Direct Grant scheme of Lingnan University, Hong Kong ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/165567]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Li, Hairong
作者单位	1.Queens Univ, Dept Geog & Planning, Kingston, ON K7L3N6, Canada 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Land Surface Pattern & Simulat, 11 A Datun Rd, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Geog Sci, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China 4.Lingnan Univ, Dept Sociol & Social Policy, Hong Kong 999077, Peoples R China 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gu, Lijuan,Cheng, Yang,Phillips, David R.,et al. Does social capital interact with economic hardships in influencing older adults' health? A study from China[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH,2021,20(1):12.
APA	Gu, Lijuan.,Cheng, Yang.,Phillips, David R..,Rosenberg, Mark.,Yang, Linsheng.,...&Li, Hairong.(2021).Does social capital interact with economic hardships in influencing older adults' health? A study from China.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH,20(1),12.
MLA	Gu, Lijuan,et al."Does social capital interact with economic hardships in influencing older adults' health? A study from China".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH 20.1(2021):12.