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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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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 Kenny, Kaleigh 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zhou, Mi Zhang, Guangsheng Rozelle, Scott Kenny, Kaleigh Xue, Hao Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups |
title | Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups |
title_full | Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups |
title_fullStr | Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups |
title_full_unstemmed | Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups |
title_short | Depressive Symptoms of Chinese Children: Prevalence and Correlated Factors among Subgroups |
title_sort | depressive symptoms of chinese children: prevalence and correlated factors among subgroups |
topic | Article |
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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