The Association between Age and Depressive Symptoms among Older Men and Women in Europe. Findings from SHARE

Empirical evidence of the effects of age on depressive symptoms is mixed, ranging from positive to zero to negative effects, depending on the modelling of the age-depression profile. This paper uses internationally comparative data to analyse the association between age and the prevalence of symptom...

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Main Authors: Isabella Buber, Henriette Engelhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federal Institute for Population Research 2011-05-01
Series:Comparative Population Studies
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Online Access:http://www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CPoS/article/view/8