OBJECTIVES To investigate the importance of both individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics for health care utilization. METHODS Various linkage procedures generated a longitudinal dataset with information on 2,116 Nova Scotians, their residential neighbourhoods, 8 years of health care utilization and vital status. Unilevel and multilevel regression analyses were employed to e...

Social connections that span across diverse urban neighborhoods can support prosperity by mobilizing social capital. However, there is limited evidence on the spatial structure of individual capital inside cities. This paper demonstrates measured online spatially more concentrated for residents lower-income than higher-income neighborhoods. We map micro-geography networks in 50 largest metropol...