Socio-economic status
Many studies have found associations between higher socio-economic status and lower risk of anxiety and depression. Here we found that the risk of anxiety and depression was lower in people who had a lower social class background either in childhood or currently, but these associations were severely attenuated by adjustment for other factors, such as cognitive and physical function, neuroticism, level of disability and chronic illness. Lower social class in childhood has been previously linked with greater neuroticism in adult life (Bosma et al. 1999).