Depressive symptoms, education, gender and history of migration - an intersectional analysis using data from the German National Cohort (NAKO)
We observed a robust educational gradient in depressive symptoms, but gender and history of migration had substantial contribution on the magnitude of educational inequalities. An intersectional perspective on inequalities in depressive symptoms enhances current knowledge by showing that different social dimensions may intersect and contribute to inequalities in depressive symptoms. Future studies on inequalities in depression may greatly benefit from an intersectional approach, as it reflects lived inequalities in their diversity.
Authors
- Stefanie Jaskulski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5738-3661)
- Berit Lange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9325-9307)
- Christian Wiessner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7943-9881)
- Klaus Peter Berger
- Nico Vonneilich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3693-4166)
- Claudia Meinke‐Franze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6137-9702)
- Patricia Bohmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0931-8651)
- Olaf von dem Knesebeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6310-5879)
- Heiko Becher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8808-6667)
- Ilais Moreno Velásquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6058-8983)
- Michael F. Leitzmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0371-2789)
- Daniel Lüdecke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8895-3206)
- Börge Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6948-7273)
- Volker Harth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-223X)
- Stefanie Castell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1762-8462)
- Tobias Pischon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1568-767X)
- Nadia Obi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0903-9142)
- Marvin Reuter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8197-3618)
- Janka Massag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0995-0593)
- Hermann Brenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-1572)
- Rafael Mikolajczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1271-7204)
- Lilian Krist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-5163)
- André Karch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-8543)
- Henry Völzke
- Thomas Keil
- Nico Dragano
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- Max Delbrück Center (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Regensburg (DE)
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Bamberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02479-2
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Leibniz-Gemeinschaft