A Longitudinal Change Patterns of Depression and Its Relationship with Socioeconomic Deprivation among Middle-Aged Adults in South Korea

Soo-Bi Lee, Min-Ji Yu and Myeong-Sook Yoon
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Soo-Bi Lee: Department of Social Welfare (BK21 FOUR), Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
Min-Ji Yu: Department of Social Welfare (BK21 FOUR), Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
Myeong-Sook Yoon: Department of Social Welfare, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-12

Abstract: This study aimed to identify the longitudinal pattern changes of South Koreans’ midlife depression and determine the impact of socioeconomic deprivation on the observed change in patterns. In total, 3975 middle-aged individuals were examined by conducting a latent class growth analysis and multinomial logistic regression analysis on seven years of Korea Welfare Panel data (2012–2018) using STATA 16.0 (StataCorp LLC, College Station, TX, USA). The change patterns of midlife depression were classified into normal depression reduction group, mild depression maintenance group, and serious depression increase group. The impact of the experience of socioeconomic deprivation on the classified change patterns was examined using the normal depression reduction group as the reference group. It was found that the higher an individual’s nutritional, housing, occupational/economic, and healthcare deprivation, the higher their risk of mild depression maintenance or serious depression increase. The serious depression increase group showed higher relative risk ratios in all domains. Comprehensive and integrated social welfare services, such as stable income, housing welfare, and healthcare services, should be provided along with appropriate clinical interventions for depression alleviation that account for the pattern changes in midlife depression.

Keywords: midlife depression; socioeconomic deprivation; longitudinal change patterns; a latent class growth analysis; middle-aged Koreans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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