Honors Program Theses

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Honors Program Thesis (UNI Access Only)

First Advisor

Imam Alam, Advisor

Keywords

Depressed persons; Health insurance; Medicaid;

Abstract

Major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental health illnesses in America. In this study, I examine pooled data for years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (n=124,796) in order to determine the causes of major depressive disorder. This study examines the relationship between demographic variables, Medicaid benefits, government aid, and health insurance coverage with major depression disorder by using logit regression analysis. A major depressive disorder episode within the last year is found to be positively correlated with receiving Medicaid benefits, government aid participation, and having a time of no health insurance coverage within the last year. Demographic links to depression are found to be being male, multiracial, belonging to a low socioeconomic class, and not being married. These findings are found using robust standard errors and statistically significant.

Year of Submission

2017

Department

Department of Economics

University Honors Designation

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors

Date Original

5-2017

Object Description

1 PDF file (20 pages)

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

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