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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2014 Jan 16;105:47–58. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.018

Table 4.

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

Gender Age Group Urban/Rural
Female Male 30–44 45–64 65< Urban Rural
Self-Reported Health
 Low Social Support 0.88*** [0.53,1.23] 0.25 [−0.36,0.85] 0.41 [−0.20,1.02] 0.95*** [0.54,1.37] 0.55* [0.0092,1.08] 2.25*** [1.61,3.15] 1.08 [0.46,2.57]
 Low Generalized Trust 0.2 [−0.11,0.50] −0.11 [−0.55,0.33] −0.15 [−0.64,0.34] 0.43* [0.088,0.77] −0.23 [−0.69,0.23] 1.09 [0.81,1.47] 1.16 [0.63,2.13]
 Low Neighbourhood Trust 0.45** [0.17,0.74] 0.25 [−0.15,0.65] 0.013 [−0.44,0.46] 0.57*** [0.25,0.90] 0.35 [−0.055,0.76] 1.46** [1.10,1.94] 1.59 [0.91,2.77]
Depression
 Low Social Support 1.31*** [1.00,1.62] 0.19 [−0.35,0.73] 1.03*** [0.61,1.45] 1.03*** [0.64,1.42] 0.81** [0.25,1.38] 2.83*** [2.14,3.76] 2.48* [1.05,5.84]
 Low Generlized Trust 0.90*** [0.65,1.14] −0.17 [−0.55,0.21] 0.80*** [0.49,1.11] 0.69*** [0.39,0.98] −0.082 [−0.55,0.38] 1.71*** [1.35,2.15] 2.28** [1.32,3.92]
 Low Neighbourhood Trust 0.91*** [0.67,1.14] −0.027 [−0.38,0.32] 0.66*** [0.37,0.96] 0.71*** [0.44,0.98] 0.36 [−0.054,0.77] 1.89*** [1.51,2.36] 1.83* [1.06,3.18]
Diabetes
 Low Social Support 0.21 [−0.14,0.56] 0.37 [−0.12,0.86] −0.86* [−1.70,−0.022] 0.41 [−0.0047,0.82] 0.53* [0.074,0.98] 1.39* [1.02,1.90] 0.78 [0.33,1.85]
 Low Generalized Trust 0.092 [−0.18,0.36] 0.31 [−0.0100,0.63] −1.23*** [−1.88,−0.58] 0.54*** [0.27,0.82] 0.3 [−0.049,0.65] 1.26 [0.99,1.60] 0.87 [0.47,1.60]
 Low Neighbourhood Trust 0.12 [−0.14,0.37] −0.027 [−0.38,0.32] −0.83*** [−1.31,−0.34] 0.21 [−0.077,0.50] 0.31 [−0.032,0.66] 1.08 [0.85,1.37] 1.02 [0.57,1.84]
Hypertension
 Low Social Support 0.062 [−0.23,0.36] 0.33 [−0.058,0.72] −0.91*** [−1.44,−0.38] 0.36* [0.030,0.68] 0.79** [0.25,1.34] 1.16 [0.90,1.50] 1.19 [0.64,2.22]
 Low Generalized Trust 0.018 [−0.20,0.23] 0.38** [0.12,0.64] −1.07*** [−1.42,−0.72] 0.40*** [0.18,0.62] 0.91*** [0.57,1.25] 1.26* [1.05,1.53] 0.8 [0.51,1.24]
 Low Neighbourhood Trust −0.16 [−0.36,0.044] 0.13 [−0.13,0.40] −1.17*** [−1.49,−0.86] 0.18 [−0.038,0.39] 0.60*** [0.28,0.92] 0.95 [0.79,1.14] 0.96 [0.60,1.53]

95% confidence intervals in brackets

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001

All models control for Demographics, Socio-Economics and Health Behavior