Social Conditions and Depressive Disorder: a Social Ecological Perspective from the Example of Kaohsiung Metropolis (II)

Specifically, the independent and interaction effect of urbanization, perceived social capital of individual, and individual attributes on the development of one\'s depression was explored. Residents, totally 599, from the suburban townships of Kaohsiung County were recruited by the procedure of multistage and multilevel sampling for the questionnaire survey.

The results showed the point prevalence of depression was 6.2%. Those who had lower monthly income were more likely to developed depression; depression was more prevalent among residents of lower social capital. Multivariate logisitic analysis showed individual’s social capital was the only significant variable associated with one\'s depression status, furthermore, it is more prevalent among those who perceived having less social capital and with lower income or in a more urbanized community.