Ethnic density and depressive symptoms among African Americans: Threshold and differential effects across social and demographic subgroups

L. Bécares, J. Nazroo and J. Jackson

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 12, 2334-2341

Abstract: Objectives. We examined the association between Black ethnic density and depressive symptoms among African Americans. We sought to ascertain whether a threshold exists in the association between Black ethnic density and an important mental health outcome, and to identify differential effects of this association across social, economic, and demographic subpopulations.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; African American; Caucasian; demography; demography; depression; ethnology; female; health survey; human; interview; male; middle aged; population density; prejudice; propensity score; psychology; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data, Adolescent; Adult; African Americans; Demography; Depression; European Continental Ancestry Group; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Male; Middle Aged; Population Density; Prejudice; Propensity Score; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302047

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