Do Local Social Hierarchies Matter for Mental Health? A Study of Neighborhood Social Status and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults

Jessica A. Kelley-Moore, Kathleen A. Cagney, Kimberly A. Skarupski, Susan A. Everson-Rose and Carlos F. Mendes de Leon

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2016, vol. 71, issue 2, 369-377

Abstract: Objectives. Despite a well-established association between relative social position and health, stratification at smaller levels of social organization has received scant attention. Neighborhood is a localized context that has increasing relevance for adults as they age, thus one’s relative position within this type of mesolevel group may have an effect on mental health, independent of absolute level of social and economic resources. We examine the relationship between an older adult’s relative rank within their neighborhoods on two criteria and depressive symptoms.

Date: 2016
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