Khawaja Marwan, Mowafi Mona
Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Box: 11-0236, Riad El-Solh, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
J Urban Health. 2006 May;83(3):444-58. doi: 10.1007/s11524-006-9051-8.
This paper examines the association between cultural capital and self-rated psychosocial health among poor, ever-married Lebanese women living in an urban context. Both self-rated general and mental health status were assessed using data from a cross-sectional survey of 1,869 women conducted in 2003. Associations between self-rated general and mental health status and cultural capital were obtained using chi (2) tests and odds ratios from binary logistic regression models. Cultural capital had significant associations with self-perceived general and mental health status net of the effects of social capital, SES, demographics, community and health risk factors. For example, the odds ratios for poor general and mental health associated with low cultural capital were 4.5 (CI: 2.95-6.95) and 2.9 (CI: 2.09-4.05), respectively, as compared to participants with high cultural capital. As expected, health risk factors were significantly associated with both measures of health status. However, demographic and community variables were associated with general health but not with mental health status. The findings pertaining to social capital and measures of SES were mixed. Cultural capital was a powerful and significant predictor of self-perceived general and mental health among women living in poor urban communities.
本文探讨了居住在城市环境中的贫困、已婚黎巴嫩女性的文化资本与自评心理社会健康之间的关联。使用2003年对1869名女性进行的横断面调查数据，评估了自评的总体健康和心理健康状况。使用卡方检验和二元逻辑回归模型的比值比，得出了自评总体健康和心理健康状况与文化资本之间的关联。在排除社会资本、社会经济地位（SES）、人口统计学、社区和健康风险因素的影响后，文化资本与自我感知的总体健康和心理健康状况存在显著关联。例如，与高文化资本参与者相比，低文化资本与较差的总体健康和心理健康相关的比值比分别为4.5（置信区间：2.95 - 6.95）和2.9（置信区间：2.09 - 4.05）。正如预期的那样，健康风险因素与两种健康状况指标均显著相关。然而，人口统计学和社区变量与总体健康相关，但与心理健康状况无关。关于社会资本和SES指标的研究结果喜忧参半。文化资本是居住在贫困城市社区的女性自我感知的总体健康和心理健康的有力且显著的预测因素。
