Neighbourhood characteristics and mental disorders in three Chinese cities: multilevel models from the World Mental Health Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The rapid growth of urban areas in China in the past few decades has introduced profound changes in family structure and income distribution that could plausibly affect mental health. Although multilevel studies of the influence of area-level socioeconomic factors on mental health have become more common in other parts of the world, a study of this sort has not been carried out in Chinese cities. Our objectives were to examine the associations of two key neighbourhood-level variables-median income and percentage of married individuals living in the neighbourhood-with mental disorders net of individual-level income and marital status in three Chinese cities.

Setting

Household interviews in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, PRC, as part of the cross-sectional World Me

SUBMITTER: Chiavegatto Filho ADP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5652513 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature