Community Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms Among Older People in Japan: A Multilevel Longitudinal Study

Community Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms Among Older People in Japan: A Multilevel Longitudinal Study

Background: This study aimed to examine the contextual effects of community-level social capital on the onset of depressive symptoms using a longitudinal study design. Methods: We used questionnaire data from the 2010 and 2013 waves of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study that included 14,465 m...

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Main Authors: Miwa Yamaguchi, Yosuke Inoue, Tomohiro Shinozaki, Masashige Saito, Daisuke Takagi, Katsunori Kondo, Naoki Kondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Epidemiology
Subjects:
civic participation
late-life depression
multilevel analysis
reciprocity
social cohesion
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jea/29/10/29_JE20180078/_pdf

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