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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Jan 16;105:47–58. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.018

Table 2.

Odds ratios: Association between social capital (social support, generalized trust and neighborhood trust) and self-rated health and depression, ages 30+, National Health Survey, 2009.

Social Support Generalized Trust Neighborhood Trust
(1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3)
a)Self-reported health
Strongly Agree or Lowest Quartile (Lowest Social Capital) 2.42*** [1.77,3.31] 2.36*** [1.71,3.27] 2.34*** [1.68,3.28] 1.21 [0.87,1.68] 1.11 [0.79,1.55] 1.1 [0.78,1.56] 1.60** [1.17,2.19] 1.56** [1.13,2.15] 1.62** [1.16,2.28]
Slightly Agree or 2nd Quartile 1.46* [1.06,2.03] 1.48* [1.06,2.06] 1.44* [1.02,2.03] 1.26 [0.90,1.75] 1.19 [0.85,1.68] 1.18 [0.83,1.68] 1.02 [0.70,1.50] 0.97 [0.65,1.44] 1.05 [0.70,1.57]
Slightly Disagree or 3rd Quartile 1.52* [1.08,2.13] 1.43* [1.01,2.04] 1.4 [0.97,2.01] 0.76 [0.52,1.12] 0.77 [0.52,1.15] 0.78 [0.52,1.17] 1.22 [0.87,1.71] 1.19 [0.83,1.68] 1.25 [0.87,1.80]
Strongly Disagree or 4th Quartile (Highest Social Capital) Ref.
Observations 3996 3844 3580 4017 3863 3595 4080 3922 3650
Log lik. −1063.8 −999.1 −931.7 −1071.6 −1005.8 −937.5 −1113 −1043.4 −973.9
Chi-squared 179.9 206 194.3 156.9 185.9 170.8 178.5 203.8 189
b) Depression
Strongly Agree or Lowest Quartile (Lowest Social Capital) 3.83*** [2.91,5.03] 3.87*** [2.93,5.12] 4.09*** [3.05,5.49] 2.09*** [1.59,2.75] 2.03*** [1.53,2.69] 1.91*** [1.43,2.57] 2.32*** [1.77,3.03] 2.20*** [1.67,2.90] 2.21*** [1.66,2.95]
Slightly Agree or 2nd Quartile 3.09*** [2.38,4.02] 3.22*** [2.47,4.19] 3.27*** [2.48,4.32] 1.27 [0.94,1.70] 1.29 [0.95,1.74] 1.28 [0.94,1.75] 1.28 [0.92,1.78] 1.22 [0.87,1.70] 1.24 [0.87,1.75]
Slightly Disagree or 3rd Quartile 1.93*** [1.43,2.59] 2.01*** [1.49,2.71] 2.15*** [1.57,2.95] 0.95 [0.69,1.30] 0.96 [0.69,1.33] 0.94 [0.67,1.32] 1.36* [1.00,1.84] 1.32 [0.97,1.79] 1.37 [0.99,1.89]
Strongly Disagree or 4th Quartile (Highest Social Capital) Ref.
Observations 3507 3371 3129 3527 3390 3144 3586 3445 3195
Log lik. −1319.9 −1273.4 −1158.7 −1367.7 −1321.9 −1206.9 −1392.3 −1344.6 −1227.8
Chi-squared 346.2 341.6 348.9 291.4 287.3 295.5 300 293.1 304.3

Model 1: Controls for Demographics. Model 2: Controls for Demographics and Socio-Economics. Model 3: Controls for Demographics, Socio-Economics and Health Behavior

95% confidence intervals in brackets. Country dummies included in the model but not presented.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001