Decomposing of socioeconomic inequality in mental health: a cross- sectional study into female-headed households

ABSTRACT

Background: Connection between socioeconomic status and mental health has been reported already. Accordingly, mental health asymmetrically is distributed in society; therefore, people with disadvantaged condition suffer from inconsistent burden of mental disorders. In this study, we aimed to understand the determinants of socioeconomic inequality of mental health in the female-headed households and decomposed contributions of socioeconomic determinants in mental health