Depression predicts equivalized income five years later, but not vice versa: Results from the prospective Gutenberg Health Study

•The bidirectional association of income and depression in midlife (adults aged 35–74) was studied.•We used an autoregressive cross-lagged structural equation model.•Depression had a small but statistically significant negative effect on equivalized income five years later.•Equivalized income, howev...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2022-11, Vol.313, p.115395-115395, Article 115395
Main Authors: Wicke, Felix S., Schmidt, Peter, Petersen, Julia, Ernst, Mareike, Krakau, Lina, Brähler, Elmar, Tibubos, Ana N., Otten, Danielle, Reiner, Iris, Michal, Matthias, Schulz, Andreas, Münzel, Thomas, Wild, Philipp S., König, Jochem, Lackner, Karl J., Pfeiffer, Norbert, Beutel, Manfred E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Depression - epidemiology
Humans
Income
Mental depression
Prospective Studies
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Summary:•The bidirectional association of income and depression in midlife (adults aged 35–74) was studied.•We used an autoregressive cross-lagged structural equation model.•Depression had a small but statistically significant negative effect on equivalized income five years later.•Equivalized income, however, did not exert an effect on depression five years later.•No differences regarding gender or retirement status were found.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115395