Abstract
The number of people in low- and middle-income countries who suffer from depression is increasing, and a significant proportion of people in these countries live in poverty. We estimated the effect of living in multidimensional poverty on experiencing symptoms associated with major depression using the 2018 Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey. We used an instrumental variables approach to overcome the potential endogeneity bias caused by the simultaneous relationship between multidimensional poverty and depression. We found that living in multidimensional poverty significantly increases depression symptom severity. This has urgent policy implications for low- and middle-income countries with limited provision of mental health services.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 107-129 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Progress in Development Studies |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 13 Nov 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Vice-rectorate of Research of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) under the 2019 Concurso Anual de Proyectos de Investigación.
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Keywords
- depression
- low- and middle-income countries
- mental health
- Multidimensional poverty
- Peru
- Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development
