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Community belonging and health.

@article{Ross2002CommunityBA,
  title={Community belonging and health.},
  author={Nancy A. Ross},
  journal={Health reports},
  year={2002},
  volume={13 3},
  pages={
          33-9
        }
}
  • N. Ross
  • Published 2002
  • Political Science, Medicine
  • Health reports
OBJECTIVES This article explores the relationship between sense of community belonging and self-perceived health. DATA SOURCE The data are from the first half of cycle 1.1 of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), collected from September 2000 through February 2001. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES Descriptive information relating socio-demographic variables to sense of community belonging is presented. Multiple logistic regression is used to study the association between sense of community… 
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