Nandi D N, Banerjee G, Boral G C, Ganguli H, Ajmany(Sachdev) S, Ghosh A, Sarkar S
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1979 Mar;59(3):276-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb06967.x.
A psychiatric field-survey was conducted in three villages in West Bengal, India in order to correlate the prevalence of mental morbidity with the socio-economic status of the families. The sample was divided into four groups on the basis of religion or caste. Total morbidity had no statistically significant relationship with socio-economic status in any of the four groups. In the total sample it was directly related. Higher classes had significantly higher rates. Psychoses were not correlated with socio-economic status in any of the groups. Neuroses showed a significantly higher rate in the upper strata of two groups; in the other two groups the trend of prevalence was in the same direction. The four groups had significant differences in their rates of total morbidity. In all the groups females had a higher rate of mental morbidity. Psychoses, Neuroses and Depression were commoner in females and Schizophrenia was commoner in males.
在印度西孟加拉邦的三个村庄开展了一项精神病学实地调查，目的是将精神疾病患病率与家庭社会经济地位相关联。样本根据宗教或种姓分为四组。在这四组中的任何一组，总发病率与社会经济地位均无统计学上的显著关系。在总样本中，二者直接相关。较高阶层的发病率显著更高。在任何一组中，精神病与社会经济地位均无关联。在两组的上层阶层中，神经症的发病率显著更高；在另外两组中，患病率趋势相同。四组的总发病率存在显著差异。在所有组中，女性的精神疾病发病率更高。精神病、神经症和抑郁症在女性中更为常见，而精神分裂症在男性中更为常见。
