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Social capital and pet ownership – A tale of four cities☆
- Source :
- SSM-Population Health, SSM: Population Health, Vol 3, Iss C, Pp 442-447 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2017.
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Abstract
- Highlights • Pet ownership is significantly associated with higher levels of social capital. • Social capital was associated with pet ownership in the U.S. and Australia. • Results are not confined to dog owners nor dog walkers. • Pets are an under-recognized conduit for building social capital.
- Subjects :
- Labour economics
Health (social science)
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Health Policy
05 social sciences
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
lcsh:RA1-1270
social sciences
Article
Pet ownership
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Economy
Capital (economics)
lcsh:H1-99
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology
Business
lcsh:Social sciences (General)
Dog owners
health care economics and organizations
Social capital
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23528273
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SSM - Population Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....91fb05b4c12cd34a86bc57ece7986271