Socioeconomic pathways to depressive symptoms in adulthood: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 734-743

  Quesnel Vallée, Amélie ^a   Taylor, Miles ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Latent growth curve; Life course; Mental health; Socioeconomic position; Structural equation model; Trajectories; USA

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EQUATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CAUSAL MODELING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENT; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857040130     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.038     Document Type: Article

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