What determines gender inequalities in social capital in Ukraine?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social capital is a social determinant of health that has an impact on equity and well-being. It may be unequally distributed among any population. The aims of this study are to investigate the distribution of different forms of social capital between men and women in Ukraine and analyse how potential gender inequalities in social capital might be explained and understood in the Ukrainian context.

Method

The national representative cross-sectional data from the European Social Survey (wave 6) was used with a sample of 1377 women and 797 men. Seven outcomes that represent cognitive and structural social capital were constructed i.e. institutional trust, generalised trust, reciprocity, safety, as well as bonding, bridging and linking forms. Multivariate logistic reg

SUBMITTER: Karhina K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6539423 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature