Διερεύνηση συσχετίσεων μεταξύ κατάθλιψης, δεικτών υγείας και κοινωνικο-οικονομικών δεικτών σε ηλικιωμένους στην Ελλάδα και σε χώρες της Ευρώπης βάσει στοιχείων του 2ου κύματος του SHARE

Παπαδοπούλου, Ιωάννα Χ.

Exploring associations of socio-demographic and health related factors with depression among older adults in Greece and selected european countries : an analysis based on SHARE data (wave 2)

Master Thesis

Author

Παπαδοπούλου, Ιωάννα Χ.

Date

2016-07

Abstract

The demographic aging is one of the most crucial challenges that Europe is facing over the past few years. That is why the collection of trustworthy and comparable information is necessary in order to adopt uniform policies dealing with the social, financial and demographical challenges that concern the total of the member states of the EU. An effort of collection of health related, socio-economic, social and family networking data that concern more than 40000 people who are 50 years old or more is made through the interdisciplinary and longitudinal survey of health , aging and retirement in Europe (SHARE). The main goal of this thesis is the exploration of the associations of health related factors, depression and socio-economic level among the elderly in Greece and in the EU based on data of the second wave of SHARE. Initially, a descriptive analysis of the basic variables of the research that are related to the mental and physical health as well as to the socio-economic status of the elderly is presented. In addition, through the use of the statistical package SPSS and through the application of logistic regression we examine whether the appearance of depression among the elderly depends on specific socio-economic and health related factors. The main conclusions of the research are that the mental health of the elderly people in Europe depends on socio-economic factors such as education but also on health related factors like some chronic diseases.

Postgraduate Studies Programme

Εφαρμοσμένη Στατιστική

Department

Σχολή Χρηματοοικονομικής και Στατιστικής. Τμήμα Στατιστικής και Ασφαλιστικής Επιστήμης

Number of pages

106

Language

Greek

URI

https://dione.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/unipi/10056

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