Project

The buffering effect of individual and community level social capital in the relation between socio-economic status and health

Code
3GA05511
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Social medical sciences
Keywords
deprivation social capital health
 
Project description

Quantitative study of the buffering effect of social capital (both at the individual and the community level) on the detrimental health effects of individual poverty and/or neighborhood deprivation. Hereto, data will be collected on respondents’ socio-economic status, social capital and health using questionnaires, external databases and key-informant-interviews.