Urban-rural disparities in the association between social trust patterns and changes in depressive symptoms: longitudinal evidence from an elderly Chinese population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between social trust and depressive symptoms among China's elderly, placing special emphasis on the disparities between urban and rural settings.

Design

We employed latent profile analysis to categorise individual patterns of social trust. Subsequently, multiple linear regression analysis was employed to determine if there was an association between these identified social trust patterns and depressive symptoms. Additionally, we examined the potential interactive effects between urban-rural differences and patterns of social trust on depressive symptoms.

Setting

The China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database.

Participants

The data was sourced from the CFPS for the years 2018 and 2020, encompassing a total of 5645 participan

SUBMITTER: Wang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667315 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature