Depressive symptomatology: Prevalence and psychosocial risk factors among Mexican migrant farmworkers in California
✍ Scribed by Ethel Alderete; William A. Vega; Bohdan Kolody; Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4392
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✦ Synopsis
This is a study of 1,001 male and female Mexican migrant farmworkers, ages 18 to 59, in rural central California. The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale was used to measure prevalence of depressive symptomatology and its distribution on demographic, social support, acculturation, and acculturation stress variables. CES-D caseness rates (Ն16) were 21.1% for men and 19.7% for women. Logistic regression showed significant risk increments among respondents with high levels of acculturation (adjusted OR ϭ 6.2) and stress due to discrimination (adjusted OR ϭ 2.4).