The double burden of poverty and marital loss on the mental health of older Australian women; a longitudinal regression analysis using 17 annual waves of the HILDA cohort

ConclusionThis study provides evidence that relative poverty is a major determinant of mental health in older Australian women. Addressing gender inequities in lifetime savings, as well as in division of acquired wealth post marital loss, may help reduce these disparities.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00127-020-02019-z

Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - January 7, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research