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Title: | Disentangling the complexities of modelling when high social capital contributes to indicating good health | Authors: | Quintal, Carlota Ramos, Luis Moura Torres, Pedro |
Keywords: | social capital; self-rated helath; configurational analysis; European Social Survey | Issue Date: | Jan-2023 | Publisher: | Elsevier | Project: | UIDB/05037/2020 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Social Science & Medicine | Abstract: | The association between social capital and health is under continuous research. Based both on theoretical frameworks and previous empirical studies, the magnitude and sign of this association are ambiguous. Our main goal is to empirically investigate under which conditions is social capital relevant to obtain good or very good self-rated health, while acknowledging that different paths can lead to this outcome. The data used in this study come from the European Social Survey 2018 (47,423 observations for 29 European countries) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was adopted. Our results show that neither the presence of social capital (as measured in this study – ‘Generalised trust’ and/or ‘Informal social connections’), nor its absence, is a necessary condition for good or very good self-rated health. While not being necessary, there are contexts where social capital is relevant for health and, whenever it is present, it positively contributes to good or very good self-rated health. However, our results further suggest that social capital alone is not sufficient to be healthy. The relevance of social capital is contingent on the presence, or absence, of other conditions. What works for some individuals does not work for others. And for any given individual, rarely there is only one way to be healthy. Additionally, our findings suggest that the impact of belonging to a minority ethnic group on health might be stronger than what has been hitherto recognised. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/105141 | ISSN: | 0277-9536 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115719 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CeBER - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FEUC- Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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