Ethnic density and risk of mental ill health – The case of religious sectarianism in Northern Ireland: A population data linkage study
Tania J. Bosqui , Aideen Maguire , Anne Kouvonen , David Wright , Michael Donnelly , Dermot O’Reilly
Abstract
An ethnic group that lives in a neighbourhood in which it is in the minority, termed 'lower ethnic density,' tends to report a higher incidence of mental ill-health. This population-based study investigated for the first time the existence of an own-group density effect among Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland. The entire Northern Ireland born Catholic and Protestant working age (n = 1, 004,060) enumerated population in the 2011 Census of Northern Ireland were included in the study via administrative data-linkage methodology. Catholics had a greater likelihood of reporting mental ill health in neighbourhoods with the largest proportion of Catholics (OR = 1.25, 95%CI 1.07-1.47), whereas mental health among Protestants was not associated with neighbourhood proportion of Protestants, after adjusting for socio-economic status and neighbourhood deprivation. The results indicate that a complex relationship exists between group identity, population composition of ethnic and religious groups and prevalence of community mental health.Author | |||||
Journal series | Health & Place, ISSN 1353-8292, (A 40 pkt) | ||||
Issue year | 2017 | ||||
Vol | 47 | ||||
Pages | 29-35 | ||||
Publication size in sheets | 0.5 | ||||
Keywords in English | Ethnicity; Mental health; Neighbourhood; Northern Ireland; Religion | ||||
ASJC Classification | ; ; | ||||
DOI | DOI:10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.06.010 | ||||
URL | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28692955 | ||||
Language | en angielski | ||||
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Score (nominal) | 40 | ||||
Score source | journalList | ||||
Publication indicators | : 2016 = 1.273; : 2017 = 3.0 (2) - 2017=3.736 (5) | ||||
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