@article{ref1,
title="Individual socioeconomic position, neighbourhood disadvantage and mental well-being: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis of mid-age adults",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2022",
author="Mann, Emily M. and Heesch, Kristiann C. and Rachele, Jerome N. and Burton, Nicola W. and Turrell, Gavin",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="e494-e494",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with mental illness, yet its relationship with mental well-being is unclear. Mental well-being is defined as feeling good and functioning well. Benefits of mental well-being include reduced mortality, improved immune functioning and pain tolerance, and increased physical function, pro-social behaviour, and academic and job performance. This study aims to explore the relationship between individual socioeconomic position (SEP), neighbourhood disadvantage and mental well-being in mid-age adults. <br><br>METHODS: Multilevel modelling was used to analyse data collected from 7866 participants from the second (2009) wave of HABITAT (How Areas in Brisbane Influence healTh and activiTy), a longitudinal study (2007-2018) of adults aged 40-65 years living in Brisbane, Australia. Mental well-being was measured using the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS). Exposure measures were education, occupation, household income, and neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage. <br><br>RESULTS: The lowest MWB scores were observed for the least educated (β = - 1.22, 95%CI = - 1.74, - 0.71), those permanently unable to work (β = - 5.50, 95%CI = - 6.90, - 4.10), the unemployed (β = - 2.62, 95%CI = - 4.12, - 1.13), and members of low-income households (β = - 3.77, 95%CI = - 4.59, - 2.94). Residents of the most disadvantaged neighbourhoods had lower MWB scores than those living in the least disadvantaged neighbourhoods, after adjustment for individual-level SEP (β = - 0.96, 95%CI = - 1.66, - 0.28). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Both individual-level SEP and neighbourhood disadvantage are associated with mental well-being although the association is stronger for individual-level SEP. This research highlights the need to address individual and neighbourhood-level socioeconomic determinants of mental well-being.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-022-12905-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12905-7"
}