Income inequality and psychological distress at neighbourhood and municipality level: An analysis in the Netherlands

This study examines the associations between income inequality at neighbourhood and municipality level and psychological distress in a country with a relatively low income inequality, the Netherlands. Multilevel linear regression analyses were used to investigate associations between income inequality and mean income at the neighbourhood (n = 7803) and municipality (n = 406) level and psychological distress (scale range 10–50), in a country-wide sample of 343,327 individuals, adjusted for gender, age, ethnicity, marital status, education and household income. No significant association was fou... Mehr ...