Decomposition and comparative analysis of depressive symptoms between older adults living alone and with others in China

• DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1265834
• Publication Date: 2023-09-22T10:57:15Z
• Authors: Chaoqun Hu; Zhixin Dai; Hao Liu; Suiyi Liu; Maolin Du; Tongtong Liu; Lei Yuan
• Keywords: Marital status; Depression

This research dealt with investigating and measuring the contribution of factors that impact depression in older adults living alone vs. those others (hereafter referred to as "not alone") China.This investigation adopts a cross-sectional design. The dataset employed for this study comprises data from 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Health Longevity Survey (CLHLS).The involved sourced China, specifically 23 its provinces. From 8th CLHLS, 12,197 were selected who met requirements.Binary logistic regression models established delve into primary impacting depressive symptoms individuals. Furthermore, Fairlie assess these between not alone. approach facilitated an in-depth analysis their respective contributions.It was observed demographic exhibited at rate 11.92%. Older resided (15.76%) higher prevalence comparison counterparts not-alone settings (11.15%). Employing decomposition analysis, it determined disparity symptoms, amounting 55.33% overall difference, could be primarily attributed distinct factors. encompassed variance marital status (20.55%), years school (4.63%), self-reported local income (7.25%), sleep (17.56%), health (4.24%).The resulting indicated elevated than discrepancy predominantly socioeconomic status, school, by Mitigating influential help develop targeted meticulous intervention strategies, precisely tailored improve mental well-being high risk.