Beth Dail Marshall1, Nan Astone2, Robert W Blum3, Shireen Jejeebhoy4, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe5, Heena Brahmbhatt3, Adesola Olumide6, Ziliang Wang7. 1. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: bmarshal@jhsph.edu. 2. Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. 3. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland. 4. Population Council, New Dehli, India. 5. Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 6. Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan/University College Hospital Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. 7. Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Social capital is essential for the successful development of young people. The current study examines direct measures of social capital in young people in five urban global contexts. METHODS: The Well-Being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments is a global study of young people aged 15-19 years living in disadvantaged, urban settings. Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit approximately 500 participants from each site. The sample included 2,339 young people (mean age 16.7 years; 47.5% female). We examined the associations between social capital in four domains-family, school, peers, and neighborhood and demographic characteristics-using gender-stratified ordinary least-squares regression. We also examined associations between self-reported health and the four social capital domains, which was minimal. RESULTS: School enrollment was positively associated with social capital for young women in Baltimore, Delhi, and Shanghai; the association was less consistent for young men. The same pattern is true for perceived wealth. Unstable housing was associated with low familial social capital in all groups except young women in Shanghai and young men in Ibadan and Johannesburg. Being raised outside a two-parent family has a widespread, negative association with social capital. Self-reported health had a mainly positive association with social capital with the most consistent association being neighborhood social capital. CONCLUSIONS: Different types of social capital interact with social contexts and gender differently. Strategies that aim to build social capital as part of risk reduction and positive youth development programming need to recognize that social capital enhancement may work differently for different groups and in different settings.
PURPOSE: Social capital is essential for the successful development of young people. The current study examines direct measures of social capital in young people in five urban global contexts. METHODS: The Well-Being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments is a global study of young people aged 15-19 years living in disadvantaged, urban settings. Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit approximately 500 participants from each site. The sample included 2,339 young people (mean age 16.7 years; 47.5% female). We examined the associations between social capital in four domains-family, school, peers, and neighborhood and demographic characteristics-using gender-stratified ordinary least-squares regression. We also examined associations between self-reported health and the four social capital domains, which was minimal. RESULTS:School enrollment was positively associated with social capital for young women in Baltimore, Delhi, and Shanghai; the association was less consistent for young men. The same pattern is true for perceived wealth. Unstable housing was associated with low familial social capital in all groups except young women in Shanghai and young men in Ibadan and Johannesburg. Being raised outside a two-parent family has a widespread, negative association with social capital. Self-reported health had a mainly positive association with social capital with the most consistent association being neighborhood social capital. CONCLUSIONS: Different types of social capital interact with social contexts and gender differently. Strategies that aim to build social capital as part of risk reduction and positive youth development programming need to recognize that social capital enhancement may work differently for different groups and in different settings.
Authors: Constance A Nyamukapa; Simon Gregson; Ben Lopman; Suzue Saito; Helen J Watts; Roeland Monasch; Matthew C H Jukes Journal: Am J Public Health Date: 2007-11-29 Impact factor: 9.308
Authors: David Vlahov; Nicholas Freudenberg; Fernando Proietti; Danielle Ompad; Andrew Quinn; Vijay Nandi; Sandro Galea Journal: J Urban Health Date: 2007-05 Impact factor: 3.671
Authors: Nicholas Tarantino; Nada M Goodrum; Christina Salama; Rebecca H LeCroix; Karie Gaska; Sarah L Cook; Donald Skinner; Lisa P Armistead Journal: J Early Adolesc Date: 2017-08-11
Authors: Sophia A Hussen; Kirk A Easley; Justin C Smith; Neeta Shenvi; Gary W Harper; Andres F Camacho-Gonzalez; Rob Stephenson; Carlos Del Rio Journal: AIDS Behav Date: 2018-09