Social and Gender Inequalities in Depressive Symptoms Among Urban Older Adults of Latin America and the Caribbean

Alvarado, Beatriz-Eugenia; Victoria Zunzunegui, Marı́a; Béland, François; Sicotte, Maryline; Tellechea, Laura

doi:10.1093/geronb/62.4.s226

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Social and Gender Inequalities in Depressive Symptoms Among Urban Older Adults of Latin America and the Caribbean

Published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B • Jul 1, 2007

Authors:

Beatriz-Eugenia Alvarado

Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui

François Béland

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study examined gender differences in depression by examining differential exposure and vulnerability to socioeconomic factors during the life course. METHODS: The data used for the analyses originated from a cross-national survey of older adults living in seven large Latin American c...

Subject

Socioeconomic status

Depression (economics)

Functional illiteracy

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