The association between community-level socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There was little evidence concerning the association of community socioeconomic status (SES) and the cross-level interaction between community- and individual-level SES with depressive symptoms in China. This study aimed to investigate the association of community-level SES with depressive symptoms among Chinese middle-aged and older people and to examine whether individual-level SES moderates this relationship.

Methods

Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal 2011-2018 Study, the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10) short form was used to measure depressive symptoms in 35,546 Chinese individuals aged 45 years and older. Community SES was calculated as a sum of z scores of the average years of schooling and house

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9047288 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature