Social disorganization/social fragmentation and risk of depression among older people in Japan: Multilevel investigation of indices of social distance

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-89

  Takagi, Daisuke ^a   Kondo, Katsunori ^b   Kondo, Naoki ^c   Cable, Noriko ^d   Ikeda, Ken'ichi ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Japan; Multilevel analysis; Older people; Social capital; Social disorganization; Social distance; Social fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRAGMENTATION; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOMETOWN; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; LIFE STAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RESIDENCY DURATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FRAGMENTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AGED; ANOMIE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAPAN; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

JAPAN;

EID: 84875402138     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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