The research is aimed at analyzing the effect of mental health status on socio-economic development in Kigali. With objectives to evaluate mental health, assess socio-economic development, and determine whether there is a significant Effect of mental health status on Socio-economic development in Masoro cell. Testing the following research hypotheses: H0. There is no significant the effect of mental health on socioeconomic development in Masoro cell and H1. There is significant the contribution of mental health status on socio-economic development in Masoro cell. The results of the analyses did not support the null hypothesis that mental health has no significant effect on socioeconomic development. The p-values obtained were 0.92 and 0.4 respectively. Instead, the alternative analysis was favored, indicating that mental health status has a significant effect on socioeconomic development. Research design utilized by the researcher is descriptive for this research. Using random sampling technique, residents of Masoro cell are selected as respondents representing households. Questionnaire and documentary are used as data collection techniques while the researcher conducted a desk review at the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Caraes Ndera near Masoro that provides mental health services for residents. The researcher employed bivariate and multivariate ordinal logistic regression techniques to investigate the connection between the dependent (socioeconomic development) and independent variable (mental health). Based on the results, the conclusion of the researcher states there is an optimistic correlation between mental health and socioeconomic development. Increase or Good mental health, will lead to good socioeconomic development. After adjusting for other covariates, the fitted model was good at estimating 65.7% of the change in the dependent variable, p<0.05. The effect of mental health on socioeconomic development also increased from 3.8 to 7.5. The results show that improved mental health status is positively associated with socioeconomic development.

Keywords : Mental Health, Socioeconomic, Social Inequality, Culture, Life Expectation.