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| Rural-urban women's experience of symptoms of depression related to economic hardship | | Author(s) | Betty J Craft, David R Johnson, Suzanne T Ortega |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 10, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 3-18 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Older women ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poverty ; Informal care ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research has demonstrated that women have more depressive symptoms than men, however, few studies have examined the rural-urban contrast in the experience of depressive symptoms in older women. The aim of this US study was to investigate the differences in the reports of depressive symptoms of women who live in rural and urban areas, and to examine the fit of patterns of depressive symptoms with explanations based on increased perception of economic stress for the individual and the family and available social support. Cross-sectional data were used from 623 women aged 55 years and over who were part of a randomly selected community-based sample. Theoretical perspectives included individual stress and community context as explanatory factors contributing to differences in the proportion of women who identify having had the experience of symptoms of depression. Results of the analysis using correlation and multiple regression supported the importance of perceptions of financial status. Community type and age were not related to the level of depressive symptoms reported by the women who were interviewed. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980810402 A |
| Classmark | ENR: BD: F:W: W6: P6: RK: RL: 7T |
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