Social Science & Medicine
Volume 126, In Progress (February 2015)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02779536/126
Inequalities in social capital and health between people with and without disabilities
Original Research Article
Pages 26-35
Johanna Mithen, Zoe Aitken, Anne Ziersch, Anne M. Kavanagh
Abstract
Highlights
:: Australian adults with disabilities have less access to social capital.
:: Australian adults with disabilities have poorer self-rated health.
:: Lower levels of social capital explain little of the health inequalities.
:: People with psychological and intellectual impairments fare worst.