Depressive symptomatology in Northern Mexico adults Article

Vega, WA, Kolody, B, Hough, RL et al. (1987). Depressive symptomatology in Northern Mexico adults . AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 77(9), 1215-1218. 10.2105/AJPH.77.9.1215

cited authors

  • Vega, WA; Kolody, B; Hough, RL; Figueroa, G

authors

abstract

  • A cross-sectional field survey of 991 people in Tijuana, Mexico, a border city experiencing unbridled population growth, was designed to measure levels of depressive symptoms and identify correlates using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression measure (CES-D). Bivariate and multivariate analyses of the data indicate that similar variables are highly associated with depressive symptoms in the US and Mexico: low socioeconomic status, female gender, disrupted marital status, unemployment, and poor health. Risk-for-caseness is 19.1 per cent for males and 33.0 per cent for females.

publication date

  • January 1, 1987

published in

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start page

  • 1215

end page

  • 1218

volume

  • 77

issue

  • 9