For example, Chen et al. (2013) adapted and built the SoVI in order to measure social vulnerability to natural hazards in the Yangtze River Delta region in China.
Here we investigate many social factors in relation to one another and to survival among older adults using a social ecology perspective to measure social vulnerability among older adults.
One of the techniques generally accepted to quantify social vulnerability is the social vulnerability index (SoVI) method pioneered by Cutter et al. (2003), which was used to measure the social vulnerability of U.S. counties to environmental hazards.
Measuring social cohesion.
The BCSSI measures the social vulnerability of a local health area ranging from socially disadvantaged to socially advantaged.
While not setting out to measure social capital per se, the Indicator Development for Surveillance of Urban Emergencies11 (IDSUE) study provides some guidance as to the indicators of social capital in urban slums especially about vulnerability.
Second, working within the constraints of secondary data analysis, we aimed to make the measure of social vulnerability as sensible and as broadly applicable and comparable between datasets as possible.
However, there are other social characteristics, such as social capital or social networks, not measured by common social vulnerability indicators, that could offset the impact of environmental hazards on low-income or minority populations (Romero-Lankao et al. 2012).
Using the procedure outlined to create a FI [ 21], 18 social variables were selected from the baseline wave to construct a measure of overall social vulnerability (Social Vulnerability Index; SVI).
Adjusting for age, sex, and frailty, increasing social vulnerability measured using the cumulative social vulnerability index was associated with increased risk of mortality over ten years in a Cox regression model (HR 1.04, 95% CI 1.01-1.07, p = 0.01).
