Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries

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dc.creatorDo, Quy-Toan
dc.creatorDas, Jishnu
dc.creatorFriedman, Jed
dc.creatorMcKenzie, David
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:37Z
dc.date2012-03-30T07:12:37Z
dc.date2009-02-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:20:23Z
dc.descriptionThe social and economic consequences of poor mental health in the developing world are presumed to be significant, yet remain underresearched. This study uses data from nationally representative surveys in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Mexico and from special surveys in India and Tonga to show similar patterns of association between mental health and socioeconomic characteristics. Individuals who are older, female, widowed, and report poor physical health are more likely to report worse mental health. Individuals living with others with poor mental health are also significantly more likely to report worse mental health themselves. In contrast, there is little observed relation between mental health and consumption poverty or education, two common measures of socioeconomic status. Indeed, the results here suggest instead that economic and multidimensional shocks, such as illness or crisis, can have a greater impact on mental health than poverty. This may have important implications for social protection policy. Also significant, the associations between poor mental health and lower labor force participation (especially for women) and more frequent visits to health centers suggest that poor mental health can have economic consequences for households and the health system. Mental health modules could usefully be added to multipurpose household surveys in developing countries. Finally, measures of mental health appear distinct from general subjective measures of welfare such as happiness.
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dc.identifierWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier1564-698X
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4493
dc.identifier10.1596/4493
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417193
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectclinics
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectepidemiology
dc.subjectexercises
dc.subjecthealth care
dc.subjecthealth indicators
dc.subjecthealth outcomes
dc.subjecthealth services
dc.subjectmental
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectmental illness
dc.subjectmigration
dc.subjectpatients
dc.subjectphysicians
dc.subjectprimary health care
dc.subjectpsychology
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectscreening
dc.titleMental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeArticle de journal
dc.typeArtículo de revista

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