The social distribution of depression in Belgium: a comparison of the Belgian Health Interview Survey 2001 and the Panel Study of Belgian Households

Although depression is considered the most common mental disorder, knowledge on its social distribution in the general population in Belgium is still limited. In this paper focus is on risk factors for depression in two representative samples of adults in Belgium, aged 16 or more. In the cross-sectional Health Interview Survey of 2001 (N=9413), the Symptom Checklist 90 depression scale is used to measure depressive experiences in the week prior...