[Social and familial determinants of anxiety and depressive symptoms in middle to low income women].

Background: Among women, risk factors for mental disorders are violence, economical inequities and disadvantages and discrimination.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms in women and to determine factors associated with them.

Material And Methods: A cross sectional study of a probabilistic sample of 422 women aged 34 years as a mean, living in a medium to low income neighborhood in Temuco, Chile.