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Norstrand, Julie A.; Xu, Qingwen – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: This study examines different types of individual-level social capital (bonding, bridging, and linking) and their relationships with physical and emotional health among older Chinese living in urban and rural settings. Design and Methods: Using the 2005 China General Social Survey, physical and emotional health were regressed on social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Capital, Older Adults, Physical Health
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Moore, Laura M.; Ovadia, Seth – Social Forces, 2006
Prior research has shown that individuals living in the South express significantly less tolerant attitudes than the rest of the nation, while individuals residing in urban areas express significantly more tolerant attitudes than their rural peers. The authors seek to explain these generally unspecified Southern and urban effects by identifying…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Education, Religion, Rural Urban Differences
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Lowe, George D.; Pinhey, Thomas K. – Rural Sociology, 1982
Rural people consistently support environmental protection less than urban people. Four hypotheses tested reasons for this using 1973-1978 General Social Survey data. Socialization in metropolitan areas which leads to favorable consideration of social solutions to environmental problems received the most support, but nothing explained much of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Size, Environmental Standards, Longitudinal Studies