Educational attainment inequalities in depressive symptoms in more than 100,000 individuals in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing educational attainment (EA) could decrease the occurrence of depression. We investigated the relationship between EA and depressive symptoms in older individuals across four European regions.

Methods

We studied 108,315 Europeans (54% women, median age 63 years old) from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe assessing EA (seven educational levels based on International Standard Classification of Education [ISCED] classification) and depressive symptoms (≥4 points on EURO-D scale). Logistic regression estimated the association between EA and depressive symptoms, adjusting for sociodemographic and health-related factors, testing for sex/age/region and education interactions.

Results

Higher EA was associated with lower odds of depress

SUBMITTER: Chlapecka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7737177 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature