A happy home? Socio-economic inequalities in depressive symptoms and the role of housing quality in nine European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examines the prevalence of and socio-economic inequalities in depressive symptoms in nine high-income European countries, focusing in particular on the role of housing quality.

Methods

Using the European Social Survey, a concentration index of depressive symptoms in each country is estimated. The role of housing quality is assessed by examining the risk factors associated with the concentration index, using the Recentred Influence Function method. To contextualise the housing quality results, other predictors of inequalities in depressive symptoms inequalities are also quantified and discussed.

Results

Our results indicate that inequalities in depressive symptoms are concentrated among poorer respondents both in each country and in total. Austria

SUBMITTER: McElroy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10634013 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature