Craveiro Daniela
Communication and Society Research Centre, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Health Place. 2017 May;45:24-31. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.02.007. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
The role of personal social networks on health inequalities is little understood. Theoretically, the characteristics of social network features can contribute to, both, increase and attenuate health inequalities. Few empirical studies that focus on the interaction between socioeconomic position and social networks provide little insight on the topic. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this study analyses the moderation role of personal social networks on health inequalities in later life among northern, central, and southern European regions. Social advantages of higher socioeconomic individuals are re-enforced by the quality of social connections and the provision of social support. In turn, health inequality is attenuated by marital partnership and participation on social activities that benefits more the health of people at lower socioeconomic positions. Furthermore, results suggest that the influence of social network features on health inequalities is shaped by regions' different policy commitments to familiarization/defamilialization pressures.
个人社交网络对健康不平等的作用鲜为人知。从理论上讲，社交网络特征的特性既可能加剧也可能减轻健康不平等。很少有实证研究关注社会经济地位与社交网络之间的相互作用，因此对该主题的见解甚少。本研究利用欧洲健康、老龄化与退休调查的数据，分析了个人社交网络在北欧、中欧和南欧地区晚年健康不平等中的调节作用。社会经济地位较高者的社会优势会因社会联系的质量和社会支持的提供而得到强化。反过来，婚姻伴侣关系以及参与对社会经济地位较低者的健康更有益的社会活动会减轻健康不平等。此外，研究结果表明，社交网络特征对健康不平等的影响受到各地区对家庭化/非家庭化压力的不同政策承诺的影响。
