Trajectories of the socioeconomic gradient of mental health: Results from the CLSA COVID-19 Questionnaire Study.

ABSTRACT: As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic prolongs, documenting trajectories of the socioeconomic gradient of mental health is important. We describe changes in the prevalence and absolute and relative income-related inequalities of mental health between April and December 2020 in Canada. We used data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) COVID-19 Questionnaire Study and the pre-pandemic CLSA Follow-up 1. We estimated the prevalence proportion, the concentration index (relative inequality), and the generalized concentration index (absolute inequality) for anxiety and self-reported feeling generally unwell at multiple points in April-December 2020, overall, by sex and age group, by region, and among those who reported poor or fair overall health and mental health pre-pan

SUBMITTER: Asada Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature