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Risk of Late-Life Depression Across 10 European Union Countries: Deconstructing the Education Effect

Keren Ladin, MSc

Harvard School of Public Health; Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), kladin{at}post.harvard.edu

Objective: Assess influence of education and noneducation-based measures of socioeconomic status on depression, illuminating the cumulative and income-adjusted effects cross-nationally. Method: Cross-sectional study of 22,777 men and women (50 to 104 years) from 10 European countries. Individual-level data were collected from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Results: Educational attainment was a strong predictor of late-life depression across all countries. Depression rates ranged from 18.10% in Denmark to 36.84% in Spain, reflecting a North— South gradient. Odds of depression were approximately twice as high among adults with less than a high school education compared with those of greater educational background (p < .001). Inverse association between educational attainment and depression remained significant independent of all other sociodemographic variables. Discussion : Socioeconomic disparities in depression persist throughout later life. Variation in impact of education on depression cross-nationally illuminates need for future research into the protective effects of early-life education.

Key Words: late-life depression • social determinants of health • health inequalities

This version was published on September 1, 2008

Journal of Aging and Health, Vol. 20, No. 6, 653-670 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0898264308321002
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