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@ARTICLE{Vonneilich:300632,
author = {N. Vonneilich and H. Becher and K. Berger and P. Bohmann
and H. Brenner$^*$ and S. Castell and N. Dragano and V.
Harth and S. Jaskulski and A. Karch and T. Keil and L. Krist
and B. Lange and M. Leitzmann and J. Massag and C.
Meinke-Franze and R. Mikolajczyk and N. Obi and T. Pischon
and M. Reuter and B. Schmidt and I. M. Velásquez and H.
Völzke and C. Wiessner and O. von dem Knesebeck and D.
Lüdecke},
title = {{D}epressive symptoms, education, gender and history of
migration - an intersectional analysis using data from the
{G}erman {N}ational {C}ohort ({NAKO}).},
journal = {International journal for equity in health},
volume = {24},
number = {1},
issn = {1475-9276},
address = {London},
publisher = {BioMed Central},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00846},
pages = {108},
year = {2025},
abstract = {The educational gradient in depressive symptoms is well
documented. Gender and history of migration have also been
found to be associated with depressive symptoms.
Intersectional approaches enable the analysis of the
interplay of different social factors at a time to gain a
deeper understanding of inequalities in depressive symptoms.
In this study, intersectional inequalities in depressive
symptoms according to education, gender and history of
migration are analysed.The German National Cohort (NAKO, N =
204,783) collected information on depressive symptoms
(PHQ-9), which was used as an outcome variable. Educational
attainment (ISCED-97), gender, and history of migration
constituted the different social strata in the analyses. The
predicted probabilities of depressive symptoms for 30 social
strata were calculated. Multilevel analysis of individual
heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) was
applied, using logistic regression and social strata were
introduced as higher-level unit interaction terms.The
analyses revealed an educational gradient in depressive
symptoms, with differences within each educational group
when gender and history of migration were introduced to the
models. The predicted probabilities of depressive symptoms
varied between the most advantaged and the most
disadvantaged social strata by more than $20\%$ points.
Among the three studied variables, education contributed the
most to the variance explained by the MAIHDA models. The
between-strata differences were largely explained by
additive effects.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.},
keywords = {Humans / Germany: epidemiology / Male / Female /
Educational Status / Depression: epidemiology / Adult /
Middle Aged / Cohort Studies / Sex Factors / Socioeconomic
Factors / Aged / Health Status Disparities / Depression
(Other) / Educational inequalities (Other) / Gender (Other)
/ German national cohort (Other) / History of migration
(Other) / Intersectional analysis (Other) / MAIHDA (Other) /
NAKO (Other)},
cin = {C070},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C070-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40259268},
doi = {10.1186/s12939-025-02479-2},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/300632},
}