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SUBMITTER: Helliwell JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1693420 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Helliwell John F JF Putnam Robert D RD
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20040901 1449
Large samples of data from the World Values Survey, the US Benchmark Survey and a comparable Canadian survey are used to estimate equations designed to explore the social context of subjective evaluations of well-being, of happiness, and of health. Social capital, as measured by the strength of family, neighbourhood, religious and community ties, is found to support both physical health and subjective well-being. Our new evidence confirms that social capital is strongly linked to subjective well ...[more]