| Abstrakt: |
The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between social capital and health/well-being in Seoul, South Korea. The data was collected from June 2009 to September 2009. The full sample includes 811 respondents, from all 25 districts in Seoul. Social capital was measured by adopting a structural and cognitive dimension. Structural social capital was measured by network diver- sity, organization membership, political participation, and volunteer work; cognitive social capital was measured by trust. The results show that the cog- nitive dimension of social capital is positively associated with all three depen- dent variables. However, the results are varied in terms of the structural dimension of social capital. Specifically, organization membership and politi- cal participation did not affect any dependent variables. The study has provid- ed evidence for the relationship between social capital and health/well-being, and is therefore expected to provide recommendations for future work that should be considered in South Korea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
