 Education, neighbourhood context and depression of elderly ChineseYuanfei Li and
Dandan Zhao
Urban Studies, 2021, vol. 58, issue 16, 3354-3370 Abstract: Research on depression among older adults has begun to take a contextual approach. This study advances scholarship by examining the relevance of education and neighbourhood context for individual depression in China. Using data from the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS 2011), a nationally representative survey of Chinese aged 45 years or older, results of multilevel linear models show that the negative association between education and depression goes beyond individuals and extends to the neighbourhood level, although great variations exist across neighbourhoods. The individual education–depression relationship is more pronounced in disadvantaged neighbourhoods characterised by low incomes. Older adults living in rural neighbourhoods fare much worse with more depressive symptoms than their urban counterparts. While larger proportions of adults with a high-school education or higher are related to better mental health among the elderly in rural villages, it is not the case in urban communities. Promoting education in the general population, especially in rural and disadvantaged areas, may prove mentally beneficial to the aging residents. Keywords: depression; individual education; neighbourhood education; older adults; rural–urban differences; æŠ‘éƒ ç—‡; 个人教育; 社区教育; è€ å¹´äºº; 城乡差异 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:58:y:2021:i:16:p:3354-3370 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Urban Studies from Urban Studies Journal Limited |
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