Nico Vonneilich, Heiko Becher, Barbara Bohn, Berit Brandes, Stefanie Castell, Andreas Deckert, Nico Dragano, Claus-Werner Franzke, Amand Führer, Sylvia Gastell, Halina Greiser, Thomas Keil, Carolina Klett-Tammen, Lena Koch-Gallenkamp, Lilian Krist, Michael Leitzmann, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Ilais Moreno Velasquez, Nadia Obi, Annette Peters, Tobias Pischon, Marvin Reuter, Tamara Schikowski, Börge Schmidt, Matthias Schulze, Dmitry Sergeev, Andreas Stang, Henry Völzke, Christian Wiessner, Hajo Zeeb, Daniel Lüdecke, Olaf von dem Knesebeck
Objectives: We analyze whether the prevalence of depressive symptoms differs among various migrant and non-migrant populations in Germany and to what extent these differences can be attributed to socioeconomic position (SEP) and social relations. Methods: The German National Cohort health study (NAKO) is a prospective multicenter cohort study (N = 204,878). Migration background (assessed based on citizenship and country of birth of both participant and parents) was used as independent variable, age, sex, Social Network Index, the availability of emotional support, SEP (relative income position and educational status) and employment status were introduced as covariates and depressive symptoms (PHQ-9) as dependent variable in logistic regression models...
2023: International Journal of Public Health