ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Comparison of Depressive Symptoms and Its Influencing Factors among the Elderly in Urban and Rural Areas: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).
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- The impact of the development level of rural e-commerce on the depressive symptoms among rural older adult individuals.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Loneliness, Psychological Well-being, Depression, and Social Participation in the Older Persons: Rural and Urban Differences.Current aging science · 2024Article
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Abstract
Depression amongst the elderly population is a worldwide public health problem, especially in China. Affected by the urban-rural dual structure, depressive symptoms of the elderly in urban and rural areas are significantly different. In order to compare depressive symptoms and its influencing factors among the elderly in urban and rural areas, we used the data from the fourth wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). A total of 7690 participants at age 60 or older were included in this study. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the prevalence estimate of depression between urban and rural elderly (χ
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