@article {2020-13542-00120200221,
	title = {Social capital and health status: Longitudinal race and ethnicity differences in older adults from 2006 to 2014.},
	journal = {International Journal of Public Health},
	volume = {65},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {291-302},
	abstract = {AbstractObjectivesWe examined the longitudinal associations of social capital on self-rated health and differences by race/ethnicity in older adults.MethodsWe used Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative sample of US adults aged >= 50 years evaluated every 2 years (2006{\textendash}2014) (N = 18,859). We investigated the relationship between social capital indicators (neighborhood social cohesion/physical disorder, positive/negative social support) with self-rated health accounting for age, gender, education and stratified by race/ethnicity. We used structural equation multilevel modeling estimating the associations: within-wave and between-persons.ResultsWe observed between-persons-level associations among social capital indicators and self-rated health. Individuals with overall levels of positive social support and neighborhood social cohesion tended to have overall better self-rated health [correlations 0.21 (p < 0.01) and 0.29 (p < 0.01), respectively]. For Hispanics, the corr},
	keywords = {Health Status, longitudinal, Multilevel, No terms assigned, Older Adults, Racial differences, Social capital},
	issn = {1661-8556},
	doi = {10.1007/s00038-020-01341-2},
	author = {Villalonga-Olives, Ester and Josue Almansa and Knott, Cheryl L. and Ransome, Yusuf}
}
