Pathways of neighborhood social capital to inhabitants' health

Background: Neighborhood matters for inhabitants' health and social capital has shown to play a mystic role as an explanatory variable. How does a well-connected and social neighborhood promote individuals' health? One can argue that social capital might affect psychological exposures of individuals that are known to improve their health (e.g. well-being). It can also be hypothesized that living in a high social capital neighborhood increases the existence of health-related norms. These norms may positively affect one's individual health-related behavior. Data and Methods: We use the Second Dutch National Survey…