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JOURNAL OF AGING AND HEALTH
Volume 32, Issue 7-8, Pages 841-850Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0898264319857990
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social cohesion; well-being; structural social capital; cognitive social capital; associational membership
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Objective:To examine how neighborhood-based cognitive and structural social capital are associated with individual quality of life among a sample of community-dwelling older adults in Singapore.Method:Using survey data from 981 older adults (aged 55 years and above) in nine residential neighborhoods, multilevel models simultaneously estimated the effects of independent variables at the individual and neighborhood levels on quality of life (CASP-12).Results:Social cohesion (beta = 1.39,p< .01) and associational membership (beta = 19.16,p< .01) were associated with higher quality of life in models adjusted for neighborhood facilities and individual sociodemographics, social networks, functional limitations, global cognitive status, and medical conditions.Discussion:The results suggest that place-based or neighborhood social capital may be important for older person's well-being. It identifies the contribution of structural (associational membership) and cognitive (social cohesion) social capital to the well-being of community-dwelling older adults in Singapore.
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