Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study Export

@article{citeulike:5574156, abstract = {Associations between marital status and self-rated health were investigated, adjusting for material conditions and trust (social capital). The 2004 public-health survey in Sk\r{a}ne is a cross-sectional study. A total of 27,757 persons aged 18–80 years answered a postal questionnaire, which represents 59\% of the random sample. A logistic regression model was used to investigate associations between marital status and self-rated health, adjusting for economic problems and trust. The prevalence of poor self-rated health was 28.7\% among men and 33.2\% among women. Older respondents, respondents born abroad, with medium/low education, low emotional support, low instrumental support, economic problems, low trust, never married and divorced had significantly higher odds ratios of poor self-rated health than their respective reference group. Low trust was significantly higher among the divorced and unmarried compared to the married/cohabitating. Adjustment for economic problems but not for trust reduced the odds ratios of poor self-rated health among the divorced, which became not significant among men. Never married and the divorced have significantly higher age-adjusted odds ratios of poor self-rated health than the married/cohabitating group. Economic problems but not trust seem to affect the association between marital status and poor self-rated health.}, author = {Lindstr\"{o}m, Martin}, citeulike-article-id = {5574156}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.010}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168851009001390}, day = {18}, doi = {10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.010}, issn = {01688510}, journal = {Health Policy}, keywords = {social\_capital}, month = {December}, number = {2-3}, pages = {172--179}, posted-at = {2009-11-09 06:09:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.010}, volume = {93}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5574156 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5574156 N2 - Associations between marital status and self-rated health were investigated, adjusting for material conditions and trust (social capital). The 2004 public-health survey in Skåne is a cross-sectional study. A total of 27,757 persons aged 18–80 years answered a postal questionnaire, which represents 59% of the random sample. A logistic regression model was used to investigate associations between marital status and self-rated health, adjusting for economic problems and trust. The prevalence of poor self-rated health was 28.7% among men and 33.2% among women. Older respondents, respondents born abroad, with medium/low education, low emotional support, low instrumental support, economic problems, low trust, never married and divorced had significantly higher odds ratios of poor self-rated health than their respective reference group. Low trust was significantly higher among the divorced and unmarried compared to the married/cohabitating. Adjustment for economic problems but not for trust reduced the odds ratios of poor self-rated health among the divorced, which became not significant among men. Never married and the divorced have significantly higher age-adjusted odds ratios of poor self-rated health than the married/cohabitating group. Economic problems but not trust seem to affect the association between marital status and poor self-rated health. IS - 2-3 JF - Health Policy SN - 01688510 EP - 179 TI - Marital status, social capital, material conditions and self-rated health: A population-based study VL - 93 SP - 172 KW - social_capital AU - Lindström, Martin PY - 2009/12/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.010 ER -