Debt and depression among the Dibao population in northwestern China

Yanhong Gong, Xiulan Zhang, Hong Zou, Donghua Tian, Zhiyong Qu, Weijun Zhang and Yongqiang Chu

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2014, vol. 60, issue 7, 637-645

Abstract: Background: With the rapid development of economy, depression disorder is not only a public health issue but also a socioeconomic problem and attracting more and more attention in China. Aims: The target of this study is to examine the prevalence of depression and the related risk factors in the Dibao population in northwestern China. Method: A cross-sectional analysis in a random sample survey conducted in three northwestern Chinese cities in 2007. The data from 4459 respondents with completed Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression (CES-D) scales were evaluated to explore the key risk factors for depression. Using depression as a binary variable according to the cutoff of the CES-D score and then as a continuous variable, multiple logistic and line regression analysis were performed to compare the odds ratio and the weight of different risk factors for depression. Results: The prevalence of depression in non- Dibao population was 34.7% but that in the Dibao population was 50.0% ( p

Keywords: Depression; debt; Dibao population; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764013511068

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