Social participation and health over the adult life course : does the association strengthen with age?

• Main Author: Ang, Shannon
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology; Social Participation; Gender
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90296; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48480
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Rationale: Studies have consistently found positive associations between social participation and health, but it is unclear if they vary across the life course. Younger individuals are likely to initiate and benefit from social participation in different ways from older individuals, which may in tur...