Relations of depressive symptoms to employment and income among low-income adults

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dc.contributor.advisorHuston, Aletha C.
dc.creatorGupta, Anjali E.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-11T20:39:37Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:27:50Z
dc.date.available2015-06-11T20:39:37Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:27:50Z
dc.date.issued2006-12en
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractDepression is experienced at a higher degree in poor, female, and under-employed persons, as compared to the general population. A very large number of poor mothers have entered the workforce since the welfare reform of 1996. Poor mental health can prevent these women from achieving economic self-sufficiency because it can affect their ability to find and retain jobs. This study analyses the New Hope data of working and non-working poor in a Midwestern city to find if predictive relations exist between depressive symptoms and employment and income outcomes across a three-year span. A bi-directional predictive relation is found between depressive symptoms and household income. Also, a higher number of hours worked predicts declines in depressive symptoms, and a lower level of depressive symptoms predicts less AFDC receipt three years later.en
dc.description.departmentHuman Development and Family Sciencesen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/30163en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden
dc.subjectDepressionen
dc.subjectWorking mothersen
dc.subjectNon-working mothersen
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.titleRelations of depressive symptoms to employment and income among low-income adultsen
dc.typeThesisen

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