Citation

Hessel P, Martínez Botero MA, Cuartas J. Health Place 2019; 59: e102162.

Affiliation

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102162

PMID

31351378

Abstract

To assess the association between acute exposure to neighborhood violent crimes and depression we combined representative, individual-level and geo-coded data for individuals aged 60 years and above living in four major cities in Colombia from the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) with objective information on the timing and location of violent crimes. Exploiting spatial and temporal variation in the occurrence of crimes we find that being acutely exposed to a violent crime is positively associated with the number of depressive symptoms.

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Language: en

Keywords

Acute stressor; Aging; Colombia; Community crime; Mental health