Socio-economic status, self-rated health and mental health: the mediation effect of social participation on early-late midlife and older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a major determinant of diverse health outcomes, among these are self-rated-health and mental health. Yet the mechanisms underlying the SES-health relation are not fully explored. Socioeconomic inequalities in health and mental health may form along several pathways. One is social participation which is linked to better self-rated-health and mental health. We examined (1) whether various social participation practices, including the usage of information and communication technology, relate to a unidimensional or multidimensional phenomenon (2) the relationship among SES, social participation, self-rated-health and mental health; (3) whether social participation and mental health mediates the association between SES and self-rated-health; (4)

SUBMITTER: Achdut N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988248 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature