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State income inequality, household income, and maternal mental and physical health: cross sectional national survey

BMJ, 2000-11, Vol.321 (7272), p.1311-1315 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2000 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. ;Copyright 2000 BMJ ;2001 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright: 2000 (c) 2000 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. ;Copyright © 2000, BMJ 2000 ;ISSN: 0959-8138 ;ISSN: 0959-8146 ;EISSN: 1468-5833 ;EISSN: 1756-1833 ;DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1311 ;PMID: 11090512 ;CODEN: BMJOAE

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Title:
State income inequality, household income, and maternal mental and physical health: cross sectional national survey
Author: Kahn, Robert S ; Wise, Paul H ; Kennedy, Bruce P ; Kawachi, Ichiro
Subjects: Adolescent ; Adult ; Analysis. Health state ; Biological and medical sciences ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Depression - epidemiology ; Depressive disorders ; Economic conditions ; Educational Status ; Epidemiology ; Female ; General aspects ; Health ; Health Status ; Health Surveys ; High income ; Household income ; Humans ; Income ; Income - statistics & numerical data ; Income distribution ; Income inequality ; Logistic Models ; Low income ; Marital status ; Marriage ; Maternal Welfare - statistics & numerical data ; Medical sciences ; Mental health ; Mental Health - statistics & numerical data ; Middle Aged ; Mortality ; Mothers ; Physical health ; Polls & surveys ; Public health. Hygiene ; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Risk Factors ; States ; United States - epidemiology ; Womens health
Is Part Of: BMJ, 2000-11, Vol.321 (7272), p.1311-1315
Description: Abstract Objective: To examine the association of state income inequality and individual household income with the mental and physical health of women with young children. Design: Cross sectional study. Individual level data (outcomes, income, and other sociodemographic covariates) from a 1991 follow up survey of a birth cohort established in 1988. State level income inequality calculated from the income distribution of each state from 1990 US census. Setting: United States, 1991. Participants: Nationally representative stratified random sample of 8060 women who gave birth in 1988 and were successfully contacted (89%) in 1991. Main outcome measures: Depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies depression score >15) and self rated health Results: 19% of women reported depressive symptoms, and 7.5% reported fair or poor health. Compared with women in the highest fifth of distribution of household income, women in the lowest fifth were more likely to report depressive symptoms (33% v 9%, P<0.001) and fair or poor health (15% v 2%, P<0.001). Compared with low income women in states with low income inequality, low income women in states with high income inequality had a higher risk of depressive symptoms (odds ratio 1.6, 95% confidence interval 1.0 to 2.6) and fair or poor health (1.8, 0.9 to 3.5). Conclusions: High income inequality confers an increased risk of poor mental and physical health, particularly among the poorest women. Both income inequality and household income are important for health in this population.
Publisher: London: British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0959-8138
ISSN: 0959-8146
EISSN: 1468-5833
EISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1311
PMID: 11090512
CODEN: BMJOAE
Source: MEDLINE
Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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State income inequality, household income, and maternal mental and physical health: cross sectional national survey

2000 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. ;Copyright 2000 BMJ ;2001 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright: 2000 (c) 2000 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. ;Copyright © 2000, BMJ 2000 ;ISSN: 0959-8138 ;ISSN: 0959-8146 ;EISSN: 1468-5833 ;EISSN: 1756-1833 ;DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1311 ;PMID: 11090512 ;CODEN: BMJOAE

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