Depression and Poverty among Rural Women: A Relationship of Social Causation or Social Selection?

Autor/inn/en	Simmons, Leigh A.; Braun, Bonnie; Charnigo, Richard; Havens, Jennifer R.; Wright, David W.
Titel	Depression and Poverty among Rural Women: A Relationship of Social Causation or Social Selection?
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Health, 24 (2008) 3, S.292-298 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-765X
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00171.x
Schlagwörter	Depression (Psychology); Poverty; Rural Population; Females; Low Income Groups; Structural Equation Models; Longitudinal Studies; Social Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Landbevölkerung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Gesellschaftstheorie
Abstract	Context and Purpose: Depression among rural women is a major public health concern. The purpose of this study was to test the competing theories of social causation and social selection to assess the relationship between depression and economic status for a sample of rural, low-income women in the United States. Methods: Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data from Rural Families Speak, a US Department of Agriculture-funded multi-state, longitudinal study of rural low-income families (N = 413). Findings: Results indicated that the social causation theory yielded a better approximation of the relationship between economic status and depression (RMSEA = 0.50 for a model based on this theory) than the social selection theory (RMSEA = 0.067). Conclusions: The association between lesser economic status and depressive symptoms is pressing in rural areas, given the high prevalence of both depression and poverty. These findings further emphasize the need for improved mental health services in this vulnerable population. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10