Measuring Social Capital in Hamilton, Ontario

Autor/inn/en	Kitchen, Peter; Williams, Allison; Simone, Dylan
Titel	Measuring Social Capital in Hamilton, Ontario
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 108 (2012) 2, S.215-238 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-012-0063-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Social Capital; Health; Mental Health; Anxiety; Telephone Surveys; Socioeconomic Status; Neighborhoods; Volunteers; Voting; Older Adults; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sozialkapital; Gesundheit; Psychohygiene; Angst; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Freiwilliger; Abstimmung; Älterer Erwachsener; Kanada
Abstract	Social capital has been studied by academics for more than 20 years and within the past decade there has been an explosion of growth in research linking social capital to health. This paper investigates social capital in Hamilton, Ontario by way of a telephone survey of 1,002 households in three neighbourhood groups representing high, mixed and low socio-economic status (SES). A Social Capital Measurement Tool is proposed as a straightforward way to account for differences in social capital perceptions and actions among residents. Consistent with the literature, the paper found that there was a strong association between social capital perceptions and health, particularly mental health and life stress. Social capital was greater in the high and mixed SES neighbourhoods and much weaker in the low SES neighbourhoods. With respect to social capital actions, both volunteering and voting was associated with positive overall health and mental health. Finally, the paper identified the social capital "elite"--respondents with high or above average perceptions and who participated in the two social capital actions--voting and volunteering. Prominent among the social capital elite in Hamilton is the "health wealthy" senior, a positive development for the continued social well-being of the city. (As Provided).
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