Neighbourhood composition and depressive symptoms among older Mexican Americans

Study objective: Research suggests that economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods confer an increased risk of depression to their residents. Little research has been reported about the association between ethnic group concentration and depression. This study investigated the association between neig...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2003-12, Vol.57 (12), p.987-992
Main Authors: Ostir, G V, Eschbach, K, Markides, K S, Goodwin, J S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
ADL
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
aging
Biological and medical sciences
Causes of
Census tracts
Censuses
Center for Epidemioligc Studies-Depression
CES-D scale
Chronic Disease
Chronic illnesses
Communities
Depression
Depression - ethnology
Depression - etiology
Depression, Mental
Depressive disorders
Female
H-EPESE
Health aspects
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic established population for the epidemiologic study of the elderly
Hispanics
Households
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mexican American
Mexican Americans - psychology
Minority & ethnic groups
Mood disorders
Neighborhoods
neighbourhood
Older adults
Poverty
Poverty Areas
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Research Report
Residence Characteristics
Retirement communities
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Social status
Socioeconomic Factors
Tropical medicine
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Study objective: Research suggests that economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods confer an increased risk of depression to their residents. Little research has been reported about the association between ethnic group concentration and depression. This study investigated the association between neighbourhood poverty and neighbourhood percentage Mexican American and depressive symptoms for older Mexican Americans in the south western United States. Design: A population based study of older non-institutionalised Mexican Americans from the baseline assessment (1993/94) of the Hispanic established population for the epidemiologic study of the elderly (H-EPESE) merged with 1990 census data. Setting: Five south western states in the United States. Participants: 3050 Mexican Americans aged 65 years or older. Main results: There was a strong correlation between the percentage of neighbourhood residents living in poverty and the percentage who were Mexican American (r = 0.62; p
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.57.12.987