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KMID : 0858820120290020059
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2012 Volume.29 No. 2 p.59 ~ p.70
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Self-rated Health and Individual Level Social Capital Across the Administrative Sections
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Lee Jin-Hyang
Paeng Ki-Yeong
Kim Jang-Rak
Jeong Baek-Geun
Park Ki-Soo
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this research is to measure the level of individual social capital, and to reveal the associations between social capital and self-rated health status and how the administrative section(dong, eup, and myeon) might modify the relationships.
Methods: This study used the data from Gyeongsangnam-Do health survey (2008). The study subjects were 6,500 adults randomly sampled from 20 counties. Trained interviewers conducted the interviews in the interviewees’ houses using structured questionnaires. The association of social capital with self-rated health was analyzed using hierarchical logistic regression.
Results: The proportion of trust and social participation were the highest at eup region and the lowest at myeon, The significant social capital associated with self-rated good health were both social participation and trust in the subgroups of dong. The significant social capital associated with self-rated good health were social participation and trust in the subgroups of eup. The significant social capital associated with self-rated good health was trust in the subgroups of myeon.
Conclusions: This study highlights that self-rated good health was associated with social capital measured by social participation and trust, and the direction is different in the administrative section. But, health policy encouraging social capital to improve health should be considered.
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KEYWORD
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Trust, Social participation, Health status, Administrative section
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