Is social capital higher in areas with a higher density of historic assets? Analyses of 11,112 adults living in England.

IF 3.5 4区 医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Perspectives in Public Health Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-12 DOI:10.1177/17579139221145609
H W Mak, E Gallou, D Fancourt
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Abstract

Aims: Previous evidence suggests that engagement with heritage such as visiting heritage sites provides benefits for people's mental and social wellbeing, and helps to establish social capital. However, far less is known about whether living in areas of historic built environment also helps build social capital. Furthermore, it remains unclear how the association between historic built environment and social capital may vary across heritage engagement frequency and areas of deprivation levels. This study was therefore designed to explore the cross-sectional relationship between historic built environment and social capital.

Methods: Analysis was based on three datasets: Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study Waves 5 (2013/2015) and 6 (2014/2016), 2019 National Heritage List for England, and 2015 English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). Ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions were applied to estimate the relationships between historic built environment (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, and registered parks and gardens) and social capital (personal relationships, social network support, civic engagement, and trust and cooperative norms).

Results: We found that people living in places with greater historic built environment experienced higher levels of personal relationships, social network support, and civic engagement. However, these associations were attenuated once rurality was adjusted. Individuals living in areas of greater levels of historic built environment displayed higher levels of trust and cooperative norms, even after adjusting for all relevant covariates. Heritage engagement frequency was found to moderate the association between historic built environment and personal relationships. Similarly, IMD was also found to moderate the association between historic built environment and trust and cooperative norms.

Conclusion: These findings highlight the importance of neighbourhood environment in building social capital in communities. Particularly, areas with heritage assets may provide both socially inviting and aesthetically pleasing environments that could help strengthen community and restore pride in place.

历史资产密度较高的地区社会资本是否较高?对居住在英格兰的 11 112 名成年人进行的分析。
目的:以往的证据表明,参与遗产活动(如参观遗产地)对人们的精神和社会福祉有 益,并有助于建立社会资本。然而,人们对生活在历史建筑环境区域是否也有助于建立社会资本的了解却少得多。此外,历史建筑环境与社会资本之间的联系在不同的遗产参与频率和贫困水平地区会有怎样的差异,目前仍不清楚。因此,本研究旨在探讨历史建筑环境与社会资本之间的横向关系:分析基于三个数据集:了解社会:方法:分析基于三个数据集:了解社会:英国家庭纵向研究第 5 波(2013/2015 年)和第 6 波(2014/2016 年)、2019 年英格兰国家遗产名录和 2015 年英格兰多重贫困指数(IMD)。应用普通最小二乘法(OLS)回归估算历史建筑环境(表列建筑、法定古迹以及注册公园和花园)与社会资本(人际关系、社会网络支持、公民参与以及信任与合作规范)之间的关系:我们发现,生活在历史建筑环境较多的地方的人,其个人关系、社会网络支持和公民参与程度较高。然而,一旦对乡村地区进行调整,这些关联就会减弱。即使在调整了所有相关协变量之后,生活在历史建筑环境水平较高地区的个人也表现出较高的信任和合作规范水平。研究发现,遗产参与频率可缓和历史建筑环境与人际关系之间的关系。同样,IMD 也能调节历史建筑环境与信任和合作规范之间的关系:这些发现强调了邻里环境在建立社区社会资本方面的重要性。特别是,拥有遗产资产的地区可以提供既有社会吸引力又美观的环境,这有助于加强社区和恢复地方自豪感。
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Perspectives in Public Health
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期刊介绍: Perspectives in Public Health is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal. It is practice orientated and features current topics and opinions; news and views on current health issues; case studies; book reviews; letters to the Editor; as well as updates on the Society"s work. The journal also commissions articles for themed issues and publishes original peer-reviewed articles. Perspectives in Public Health"s primary aim is to be an invaluable resource for the Society"s members, who are health-promoting professionals from many disciplines, including environmental health, health protection, health and safety, food safety and nutrition, building and engineering, primary care, academia and government.
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