Does social capital enhance health and well-being? Evidence from rural China.

By W. Yip, S. Subramanian, A. Mitchell, Dominic T. S. Lee, Jian Wang, Ichiro Kawachi. Social Science & Medicine (1967), 2007

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How Education Enhances Happiness: Comparison of Mediating Factors in Four East Asian Countries (2012, result): “Researchers may not agree on the definition or measure of social capital, but various analytical strategies have led to similar findings that confirm the positive influence of social capital on people’s subjective perception of quality of life ( Yip et al. 2007; Yamaoka 2008; Gundelach and Kreiner ”
How does happiness relate to economic behaviour? A review of the literature (2017, background): “…social surveys in the US ( Brehm and ahn, 1997 ), Japan ( Matsushima and Matsunaga, 2015; Yamamura t al., 2015; Kanai, 2016; Oshio, 2016 ), China ( Yip et al., 2007 ), Tai- an ( Chang, 2009 ), Thailand ( Rukumnuaykit and Pholphirul, 2016 ), pain ( Pena-Lopez et al, 2016 ), Serbia ( Jovanovic,…”
Trust and Wellbeing (2010, positive): “Yip et al. (2007) also find evidence of strong linkages between trust and life satisfaction using data collected in rural China.”
The Importance of Different Forms of Social Capital for Health (2007, background): “For instance, high levels of trust in society can facilitate faster and wider diffusion of information, which may, in turn, promote healthier behaviours (Yip et al., 2007) and control unhealthy behaviours, such as smoking and alcohol abuse (Subramanian et al., 2002).”