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BRITISH MEDICAL BULLETIN
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 61-73Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldh015
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Social capital refers to bonds between individuals, both in intimate relationships (primary groups) and in voluntary associations (secondary groups) that make it possible for individuals and groups to achieve a variety of goals. Such bonds have also been claimed to have health promoting effects. In this chapter, I review a variety of empirical studies at both levels of analysis and suggest that the results are mixed, much depending upon the context in which such relationships occur.
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