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Title
Social capital, income inequality, and mortality.
Authors
Kawachi, I; Kennedy, B P; Lochner, K; Prothrow-Stith, D
Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated that income inequality is related to mortality rates. It was hypothesized, in this study, that income inequality is related to reduction in social cohesion and that disinvestment in social capital is in turn associated with increased mortality.
Publication
American journal of public health, 1997, Vol 87, Issue 9, p1491