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Project

The buffering effect of individual and community level social capital in the relation between socio-economic status and health
Code
3F029510
Duration
01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Social work
    • Other sociology
    • Other sociology
    • Other anthropology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Social medical sciences
Keywords
health social capital deprivation
 
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.