Income and education predict elevated depressive symptoms in the general population: results from the Gutenberg health study

• Main Authors: Jasmin Schlax (Author), Claus Jünger (Author), Manfred E. Beutel (Author), Thomas Münzel (Author), Norbert Pfeiffer (Author), Philipp Wild (Author), Maria Blettner (Author), Jasmin Ghaemi Kerahrodi (Author), Jörg Wiltink (Author), Matthias Michal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Socioeconomic status (SES) has a strong association with depression or physical and mental health in general. However, as SES is a multifaceted construct these associations are not easy to explain. Further, there are several indicators and many studies only investigating two or l...