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Table 1 Studies reporting an interaction between social capital and socioeconomic inequalities in health

From: A systematic review of the relationships between social capital and socioeconomic inequalities in health: a contribution to understanding the psychosocial pathway of health inequalities

Study (year)

Sample

Social capital measure

Health measure

Measure SES

Confirmed interaction hypothesis

Quality 1=poor, 2=average, 3=high

Abdou (2010)

297 pregnant US women

Cognitive Bonding

Symptoms of mental illness, wellbeing

Childhood + adult SES

Buffer

2

Altschuler (2004)

49 Americans

Cognitive Structural Bridging

Self-rated health

Average household income

Buffer

2

Baron- Epel (2008)

4350 adult Jews and Arabs in Israel

Cognitive Structural Bonding

Self-rated health

Income, occupation and education

Buffer + dependency

2

Beaudoin (2009)

5586 US residents

Cognitive Structural Bridging

Self-rated health

Household income

Dependency

2

Bohn (2011)

4323 German students

Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging

Self-rated health

Education

Buffer

3

Cohen (2003)

8782 Chicago residents

Cognitive Bridging

Premature mortality

Concentrated neighbourhood disadvantage

Buffer

2

Gee (2006)

2241 Filipino Americans

Cognitive Bonding

Unfair medical treatment

EducationEmployment

Buffer

3

Gorman (2007)

29816 US citizens ≥ 25 years old

Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging

Self-rated health Hypertension

Education, relative family income, employment, financial barriers, insurance

Buffer + dependency

3

Jesse (2006)

130 low-income pregnant US women

Cognitive Bonding

Smoking and substance abuse

Level of education, insurance status

Buffer

2

Pearson (2011)

8566 Americans

Cognitive Structural Bridging Bonding

Self-rated health

Education, household income

Buffer

2

Stafford (2008)

9082 UK residents

Cognitive Structural Bridging Bonding

Common mental disorders

Household deprivation

Buffer

3

Subramanian (2002)

21456 US residents

Cognitive Bridging

Self-rated health

Educational attainment, income

Area-level

3

Sun (2009)

1605 Chinese urban residents ≥ 15 years old

Cognitive Structural Bonding Bridging

Self-rated health

Education, poverty, household income

Buffer

3

Van der Wel (2007)

11807 residents from Oslo (Norway)

Cognitive Structural Bridging

Self-rated health

Median income, income inequality, education

Buffer

2