Depressive mood and children: Europe and South Korea

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Using data for the third wave from the European Social Survey (ESS) and the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (K-NHANES), this research examines the relationship between having children at home and depression among men and women aged 18-75 years. Multilevel and probit regression models are applied. Our results show that there is a gender differential in depression. Having children at home improves psychological well-being for men only in 23 European countries and South Korea. In Europe we also find that depression tends to be lower in countries in which per capita income is higher. The results also show that household income is negatively associated with levels of depression in South Korea.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Development Research Working Paper Series ; No. 03/2011

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health Behavior ; Comparative Studies of Countries ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
• Subject: Depression ; Europe ; Cross-national analysis ; Children ; Multilevel model ; Probit model

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rodríguez Andrés, Antonio ; Hopcroft, Rosemary L. ; Noh, Yong-hwan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD)
• (where): La Paz
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/87833
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