Socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms: An individual-participant data meta-analysis on range restriction and measurement in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and depressive symptoms is well documented, yet less attention has been paid to the methodological factors contributing to between-study variability. We examined the moderating role of range restriction and the depressive-symptom measurement instrument used in estimating the correlation between components of SES and depressive symptoms.

Methods

We conducted an individual participant data meta-analysis of nationally-representative, public-access datasets in the United States. We identified 123 individual datasets with a total of 1,655,991 participants (56.8 % female, mean age = 40.33).

Results

The presence of range restriction was associated with larger correlations between income and depressive symptoms a

SUBMITTER: Korous KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947555 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature