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The Effect of a Communal Lifestyle on Depressive Symptoms in Late Life

Tzvia Blumstein

Chaim Sheba Medical Centertzviabl{at}gertner.health.gov.il

Yael Benyamini

Tel Aviv University

Zahava Fuchs

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

Ziva Shapira

Kaplan Medical Center

Ilya Novikoy

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

Adrian Walter-Ginzburg

The Herczeg Institute on Aging

Baruch Modan

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

Objectives: This study compares depression levels among lifetime kibbutz members (n = 525) and old-age kibbutz residents (n = 366) with a comparable national sample (n = 412) and assesses the relationship between depression and individual differences related to lifetime in a kibbutz (e.g., health) and those related to current living conditions (e.g., social network). Methods: The analysis is based on data from the Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Aging Study conducted in Israel between 1989 and 1992 and the follow-up during 1993 and 1994. Results: The findings indicate significantly lower depressive symptomatology among women, but not among men, residing in kibbutz communities. The women’s lower level of depressive symptoms appears to be a result of better physical and mental functioning among kibbutz members and of such favorable lifestyle characteristics as frequent contact with their children among old-age kibbutz residents. Discussion: Both lifetime and current living conditions contribute to better mental health of women in the kibbutz at older ages.

Key Words: Israel • old-old • depression • kibbutz • gender differences

Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 16, No. 2, 151-174 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0898264303262650
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