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Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 18, No. 3, 419-434 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0898264306286198
© 2006 SAGE Publications

Social Capital and Quality of Life in Old Age

Results From a Cross-Sectional Study in Rural Bangladesh

Jan Nilsson

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Jan.Nilsson{at}neurotec.ki.se

A. K. M. Masud Rana

Karolinska Institutet, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

Zarina Nahar Kabir

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Gerontology Research Center

The objective of this article is to identify determinants of quality of life (QoL) and investigate their association with individual- and community-level social capital among older people in rural Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study of 1,135 elderly persons (aged ≥ 60 years) was conducted in a rural district in Bangladesh. Independent variables included age, sex, education, economic status of the elderly person, and individual- and community-level social capital. Self-rated QoL was the dependent variable. Descriptive analyses were done to show group differences in QoL and logistic regression analyses to identify determinants of QoL. Advanced age, poor household economic status, and low social capital at individual and community levels were significant determinants of poor QoL among the elderly. This population-based study provided empirical evidence that social capital both at individual and community levels was directly associated with the QoL of elderly people in rural Bangladesh.

Key Words: aged • Bangladesh • developing countries • quality of life • social capital


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