In this article we compare the effect of trust and civic participation on self-assessed health across 10 European countries. We find that, after controlling for a rich set of socio-economic characteristics, for actual health status and for health-related behaviours, trust has a significantly positive effect on perceived health in Sweden and Germany, but none in the other countries. Civic participation does have a positive and quite similar effect in all countries. Our conclusion is that they measure two different aspects of social capital that must be treated separately.
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Univ York, Dept Social Policy & Social Work, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv Verona, Dept Publ Hlth & Community Med, Sect Psychiat, Policlin GB Rossi, I-37134 Verona, Italy
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IRCCS Ist Ctr San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratell, Unit Psychiat, Brescia, ItalyUniv Verona, Dept Publ Hlth & Community Med, Sect Psychiat, Policlin GB Rossi, I-37134 Verona, Italy
Lanfredi, Mariangela
Harangozo, Judit
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Awakenings Fdn, Budapest, HungaryUniv Verona, Dept Publ Hlth & Community Med, Sect Psychiat, Policlin GB Rossi, I-37134 Verona, Italy