Depressive symptomatology in Northern Mexico adults
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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
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
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.