Marital status, gender, and depression: Analysis of the baseline survey of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1608-1615

  Jang, Soong Nang ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Chang, Jiyeun ^b   Boo, Kachung ^b   Shin, Hyun Gu ^b   Lee, Hyejung ^b   Cho, Sung il ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Korea Labor Institute   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ageing; Depressive symptoms; Gender; Korea; Marital status

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KOREA; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 71549164595     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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