Suicidal ideation among the Chinese elderly and its correlates: A comparison between the rural and urban populations

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Wei, Jianwen ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b,c   Deng, Yuping ^b   Sun, Long ^d   Guo, Ping ^e  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e China National Research Center on Aging   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; Risk factors; Suicidal ideation; The Chinese elderly; Urban rural comparison

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN HEALTH; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SUICIDAL IDEATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 85042739222     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15030422     Document Type: Article

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