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Racial, ethnic and sociodemographic differences in the level of psychosocial distress among older Americans
Author(s)	Terry L Mills, John C Henretta
Journal title	Research on Ageing, vol 23, no 2, March 2001
Pages	pp 131-152
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; White people ; Black people ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Depression ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	More than 2 million older Americans suffer from some form of depression. Yet late-life depression is often undiagnosed or underdiagnosed. This study aimed to explore the reasons for observed differences in the level of depressive symptoms between older African Americans, Hispanics and whites. It uses data from Wave 1 of the Asset and Health Dynamics Amongst the Oldest Old survey administered during 1993-94. Ordinary least squares regression results indicate that language acculturation, number of years of education, and number of years of US residency are significant factors that help to explain differences in self-reported levels of depressive symptoms among this older population. In general, men, those who are married, have more education, and are in better health have lower levels of depressive symptoms. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010723207 A
Classmark	TK: TKA: TKE: F: ENR: 3F: 7T
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