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Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups

Economic growth and socioeconomic changes have transformed nearly every aspect of childhood in China, and many are worried by the increasing prevalence of mental health issues among children, particularly depression. To provide insight into the distribution of depressive symptoms among children in C...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Mi, Zhang, Guangsheng, Rozelle, Scott, Kenny, Kaleigh, Xue, Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5858352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414881
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020283
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author Zhou, Mi
Zhang, Guangsheng
Rozelle, Scott
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Xue, Hao
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description Economic growth and socioeconomic changes have transformed nearly every aspect of childhood in China, and many are worried by the increasing prevalence of mental health issues among children, particularly depression. To provide insight into the distribution of depressive symptoms among children in China and identify vulnerable groups, we use data from the 2012 China Family Panel Survey (CFPS), a survey that collected data from a large, nationally representative sample of the Chinese population. Using the CFPS data, we construct a sample of 2679 children aged 10–15 years old from 25 provinces in China. According to our results, the incidence of depression varies by geographic area. Specifically, we find that rates of depressive symptoms are significantly lower in urban areas (14% of sample children) than in rural areas (23% of sample children). Our results also show that children from ethnic minorities, from poorer families, and whose parents are depressed are more likely to be depressed than other children. In contrast, we find that depressive symptoms do not vary by gender.
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spelling pubmed-58583522018-03-19 Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups Zhou, Mi Zhang, Guangsheng Rozelle, Scott Kenny, Kaleigh Xue, Hao Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Economic growth and socioeconomic changes have transformed nearly every aspect of childhood in China, and many are worried by the increasing prevalence of mental health issues among children, particularly depression. To provide insight into the distribution of depressive symptoms among children in China and identify vulnerable groups, we use data from the 2012 China Family Panel Survey (CFPS), a survey that collected data from a large, nationally representative sample of the Chinese population. Using the CFPS data, we construct a sample of 2679 children aged 10–15 years old from 25 provinces in China. According to our results, the incidence of depression varies by geographic area. Specifically, we find that rates of depressive symptoms are significantly lower in urban areas (14% of sample children) than in rural areas (23% of sample children). Our results also show that children from ethnic minorities, from poorer families, and whose parents are depressed are more likely to be depressed than other children. In contrast, we find that depressive symptoms do not vary by gender. MDPI 2018-02-07 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5858352/ /pubmed/29414881 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020283 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_sort depressive symptoms of chinese children: prevalence and correlated factors among subgroups
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5858352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414881
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020283
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