In recent years, both population aging and gender issues have gained prominence in international forums concerned with population. It is frequently asserted or implied that older women are universally more vulnerable to social, economic, and health disadvantages than older men. The most significant manifestation of this exclusive concern with women when considering gender and aging… Continue reading Gender and Aging in the Developing World: Where Are the Men?

This paper describes a series of questions designed to improve the accuracy of age-of-onset reports in the US National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) and empirically evaluates the impact of these questions on reports about age of onset of major depressive episodes. The logic underlying the series of question is traced to cognitive psychological research on autobiographical… Continue reading Improving accuracy of major depression age-of-onset reports in the US National Comorbidity Survey