Download pdf
Investigating the Impact of Socio-economic Factors on Mental Health: Income, Employment, and Social Support
- 1 International School of Nanshan Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518073, China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Mental health is a complex issue influenced by a variety of circumstances, including economic issues like income, work, and social support. The purpose of this article is to look into the impact of economic factors on mental health outcomes, namely income, employment, and social support. The paper begins with an introduction to the topic, followed by a review of the available literature on the association between economic circumstances and mental health outcomes. The section on research gaps emphasizes the need for additional study on the long-term consequences of economic recession on people with mental health problems, as well as the influence of changes in individual and household income on mental health and well-being outcomes. The approach used to study the impact of economic factors on mental health, including the use of multiple regression models, is then described in the paper. Finally, the report provides the study's findings and examines their implications for mental health policy and practice.
Keywords
mental health outcomes, socio-economic factors, economic recession, mental health policy
[1]. Travasso, Sandra Mary, et al. (2014) “A Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting Mental Health amongst Low-Income Working Mothers in Bangalore, India.” BMC Women’s Health, vol. 14, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-22.
[2]. Veenstra, Gerry. (2005) “Social Status and Health: Absolute Deprivation or Relative Comparison, or Both?” Health Sociology Review, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 121–134, https://doi.org/10.5172/hesr.14.2.121. Accessed 30 Oct. 2020.
[3]. Singh, O. P. (2022). Economic determinants of mental health – Filling the research gap in COVID-19 era. Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 64(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_47_22
[4]. Thomson, R., Igelström, E., Purba, A. K., Shimonovich, M., Thomson, H., McCartney, G., Reeves, A., Leyland, A. H., Pearce, A., & Katikireddi, S. V. (2022). How do income changes impact on mental health and wellbeing for working-age adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet. Public Health, 7(6), e515–e528. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(22)00058-5
[5]. Macintyre, A., Ferris, D., Gonçalves, B., & Quinn, N. (2018). What has economics got to do with it? The impact of socioeconomic factors on mental health and the case for collective action. Palgrave Communications, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0063-2
[6]. Socioeconomic status. (n.d.). https://www.apa.org. https://www.apa.org/topics/socioeconomic-status
[7]. Ruiz-Pérez, I., Bermúdez-Tamayo, C., & Rodríguez-Barranco, M. (2017). Socio-economic factors linked with mental health during the recession: a multilevel analysis. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0518-x
[8]. Mental health treatment or therapy among american adults 2002-2021 | Statista. (2023). Statista. https://www.statista.com/statistics/794027/mental-health-treatment-counseling-past-year-us-adults/
[9]. Why is Mental Health Important? (2022). SNHU. https://www.snhu.edu/about-us/newsroom/education/why-is-mental-health-important
[10]. Median household income U.S. 2021 | Statista. (2022). Statista. https://www.statista.com/statistics/200838/median-household-income-in-the-united-states/
[11]. Knapp, M. (2006) “Economic Barriers to Better Mental Health Practice and Policy.” Health Policy and Planning, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 157–170, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czl003.
[12]. Abrams, Z. (n.d.). High stress levels during the pandemic are making even everyday choices difficult to navigate. https://www.apa.org. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/06/news-pandemic-stress-decision-making
[13]. Williams, David R., et al. “Moving Upstream: How Interventions That Address the Social Determinants of Health Can Improve Health and Reduce Disparities.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, vol. 14, no. Supplement, Nov. 2008, pp. S8–S17, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3431152/, https://doi.org/10.1097/01.phh.0000338382.36695.42.
[14]. Annual employment rate U.S. 2022 Statista. (2023). Statista. https://www.statista.com/statistics/192398/employment-rate-in-the-us-since-1990/
[15]. The impact of COVID-19 on employment and jobs. (n.d.). OECD. https://www.oecd.org/employment/covid-19.htm
[16]. Dhingra, Satvinder S., et al. (2010) “Determining Prevalence and Correlates of Psychiatric Treatment with Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Services Use.” Psychiatric Services, vol. 61, no. 5, pp. 524–528, https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2010.61.5.524. Accessed 30 May 2020.
[17]. Social support. (n.d.). OECD. https://data.oecd.org/healthrisk/social-support.htm
[18]. Mental health | NIH COVID-19 Research. (n.d.). NIH COVID-19 Research. https://covid19.nih.gov/covid-19-topics/mental-health
[19]. Kouyoumdjian, Haig, et al. (2006) “Barriers to Community Mental Health Services for Latinos: Treatment Considerations.” Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 394–422, https://doi.org/10.1093/clipsy.bpg041.
[20]. Javed, A., Cheng, L., Zakaria, H., Buenaventura, R. D., Cetkovich-Bakmas, M., Duailibi, K., Ng, B., Ramy, H., Saha, G., Arifeen, S., Elorza, P. M., Ratnasingham, P., & Azeem, M. W. (2021). Reducing the stigma of mental health disorders with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 58, 102601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102601
[21]. Thoits, Peggy A. (1995) “Stress, Coping, and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 35, pp. 53–79, https://doi.org/10.2307/2626957.
[22]. Morasae, Esmaeil, et al. (2012) “Understanding Determinants of Socioeconomic Inequality in Mental Health in Iran’s Capital, Tehran: A Concentration Index Decomposition Approach.” International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 18, https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-11-18.
[23]. Gruber, June, et al. (2020) “Mental Health and Clinical Psychological Science in the Time of COVID-19: Challenges, Opportunities, and a Call to Action.” The American Psychologist, vol. 76, no. 3, 10, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32772538/, https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000707.
[24]. Hossain, Md Mahbub, et al. (2020) “Epidemiology of Mental Health Problems in COVID-19: A Review.” F1000Research, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 636, https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24457.1.
[25]. Campbell, Catherine, and Rochelle Burgess. “The Role of Communities in Advancing the Goals of the Movement for Global Mental Health.” Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 49, no. 3-4, July 2012, pp. 379–395, https://doi.org/10.1177/1363461512454643.
[26]. Saraceno, Benedetto, et al. (2007) “Barriers to Improvement of Mental Health Services in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries.” The Lancet, vol. 370, no. 9593, pp. 1164–1174, www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(07)61263-X/fulltext, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61263-x.
[27]. Tolan, Patrick H., and Kenneth A. Dodge. (2005) “Children’s Mental Health as a Primary Care and Concern: A System for Comprehensive Support and Service.” American Psychologist, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 601–614, https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.60.6.601.
[28]. Kakuma, Ritsuko, et al. (2011) “Human Resources for Mental Health Care: Current Situation and Strategies for Action.” The Lancet, vol. 378, no. 9803, pp. 1654–1663, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61093-3.
Cite this article
Nie,S. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Socio-economic Factors on Mental Health: Income, Employment, and Social Support. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,92,1-9.
Data availability
The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.
Disclaimer/Publisher's Note
The statements, opinions and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author(s) and contributor(s) and not of EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s). EWA Publishing and/or the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content.
About volume
Volume title: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Financial Technology and Business Analysis
© 2024 by the author(s). Licensee EWA Publishing, Oxford, UK. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Authors who
publish this series agree to the following terms:
1. Authors retain copyright and grant the series right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this
series.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the series's published
version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial
publication in this series.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and
during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See
Open access policy for details).