Children's health-related quality of life, neighbourhood socio-economic deprivation and social capital. A contextual analysis.
Neighbourhood objective socio-economic indicators and community-reported subjective measures of social capital were examined in relation to children's health-related quality of life in the Netherlands. Three different data-sources were used: (1) objective neighbourhood socio-economic indicators, (2) subjective neighbourhood data on social capital, and (3) individual data of a family cohort study, including questions on children's health-related quality of life, and family socio-economic status. Multilevel analyses were conducted using both neighbourhood level and individual level data. Neighbourhood socio-economic status and social capital were associated. Measures of socio-economic deprivation and social capital were both non-specifically associated with children's general health and satisfaction, independent of possible individual-level confounders. However, children's mental health and behaviour were specifically associated with one aspect of social capital, the degree of informal social control in the neighbourhood.
Drukker
Marjan
M
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Euron, Maastricht University, PO BOX 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. marjan.drukker@sp.unimaas.nl
Kaplan
Charles
C
Feron
Frans
F
van Os
Jim
J
D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D009426:Netherlands; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D011788:Quality of Life; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000145:classification*; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035862:Vulnerable Populations