OBJECTIVE To explore how South Asian origin women in Toronto, Canada, understand and explain the causes of their depression. DESIGN Cross-sectional in-depth qualitative interviews. SETTING Outpatient service in Toronto, Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Ten women with symptoms of depression aged between 22 and 65 years of age. Seven were from India, two from Sri Lanka and one from Pakistan. Four were...

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 cities. We examined associations between depressive symptomatology and socioeconomic conditions an...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experience widespread socioeconomic disadvantage and health inequality. In an attempt to make Indigenous health research more culturally-appropriate, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have called for more attention to the concept of emotional and social wellbeing (ESWB). Although it has been widely recognised that ESWB is of cruc...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to estimate the magnitude of gender differences in hazardous drinking among middle-aged people and to analyse whether these differences are associated with contextual factors, such as public policies or socioeconomic factors. METHODS Cross-sectional design. The study population included 50- to 64-year-old residents of 16 European countries who participated...

This study investigates gender differences in the determinants of several schooling indicators in Conakry, Guinea, using ordered and binary probit models incorporating household-level random effects. Such indicators include grade attainment, current enrollment, and withdrawal from school. The survey, which was conducted on 1725 households, contains detailed information on a wide range of socio...

One of the most consistent findings in the social epidemiology of mental health is the gender gap in depression. Depression is approximately twice as prevalent among women as it is among men. However, the absence of comparable data hampers cross-national comparisons of the prevalence of depression in general populations. Using information about the frequency and severity of depressive symptoms ...

Gender differences in adult health are well documented, but only recently has research begun to investigate how race and ethnicity condition gendered health disparities. This paper contributes to this line of inquiry by assessing gender differences in morbidity across five major US racial and ethnic populations. Using data from the 1997-2001 waves of the National Health Interview Survey, the an...

The topic of suicide has long been an important socioeconomic issue studied in many countries. Suicides inject an atmosphere of unrest into society, and media attention furthers that social uneasiness. From the viewpoint of economics and management, suicide is a waste of human resource: it decreases the labor force in society and deteriorates human capital. This paper provides a series of analy...

Four measures of the process-reactive dimension in schizophrenia were intercorrelated. These measures were the UIlmann-Giovannoni scale, the Phillips scale, marital status, and the Zigler-Phillips Social Competency Index. Data from 103 male schizophrenic patients suggest preference for the UIlmannGiovannoni scale. This scale was then used to define the subjects into high and low competency grou...

BACKGROUND Labour market participation among young adults is essential for their future socioeconomic status and health. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between perceived stress among 20-21 year-olds and their labour market participation 8 years later as well as investigate any potential gender differences. METHODS A cohort of 1640 young adults born in 1983 completed ...