Review of Economics & Finance Submitted on 30/May/2011 Article ID: 1923-7529-2012-01-51-12 Solome K. Bakeera,George Pariyo,Max Petzold,Sandro Galea and Wamala SP ~ 51 ~ Associations between Socioeconomic Factors and Social Capital amongst Child Caregivers in Eastern Uganda 1 Dr. Solome Kiribakka Bakeera (correspondence author) Dept. of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health & Dept. of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, SWEDEN P. O. Box 27621, Kampala, UGANDA Tel: +256 772 534838 E-mail: solome.bakeera@gmail.com Associate Prof. George Pariyo Dept. of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University School of Public Health & Dept. of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, SWEDEN Mulago Hospital Complex, P.O. 7072, Kampala, UGANDA Tel: + 41 22-791 3816 E-mail: gpariyo@hotmail.com Prof. Max Petzold Nordic School of Public Health Nya varvet Box 12133 SE-402 42 Göteborg, SWEDEN Cell: +46703867077 Email: max@nhv.se Prof. Sandro Galea Dept. of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University 722 W 168th Street, Room 1508, New York, NY 10032-3727, U.S.A. Tel: +212 305 8755 E-mail: sgalea@columbia.edu Associate Prof. Wamala SP Statens folkhälsoinstitut, Gd-staben Forskarens väg 3, 831 40 Östersund, SWEDEN Tel: +063-19 96 11 E-mail: sarah.wamala@fhi.se, www.fhi.se Abstract: The main objective of the study was to assess the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of social capital amongst child caregivers in the Iganga and Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site Eastern Uganda. Logistic regression models were used to analyze associations between 4 social capital dimensions and three socio-demographic parameters among child caregivers in (n=2,582). The study findings highlights gender-associated differences of perceived social capital implies need for a different approach between men and women when designing interventions that modulate or work through social capital. Female caregivers, living in high quintile households were less likely to perceive high social capital – trust OR 0.67; 95% CI 0.46-0.97; instrumental support OR 0.74; 95% CI 0.58-0.94; informational support (OR 0.57; 95% CI 0.43-0.75). Male caregivers, living in a high quintile household were less likely to perceive high levels of reciprocity (OR 0.64; 95% CI 0.44-0.92). Male caregivers older than 30 years old were more likely to perceive high levels of informational support (OR 1.94; 95% CI 1.01-3.72) and those with more than primary five school level also perceived high levels of informational support (OR 1.94; 95% CI 1.18-3.19) compared to those with less education. 1 The research was undertaken as part requirement for the correspondence author’s PhD degree and financed by the SIDA –SAREC grant to Makerere University