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Depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: Evidence from China’s representative sample

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this paper is to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the Chinese labor force; to explore the relationship between depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the Chinese labor force, including both the structural determinants and the intermediary deter...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Guoying, Cai, Chang, Zou, Wenxin, Jing, Lu, Wu, Shaolong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35994489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272199
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author Zhang, Guoying
Cai, Chang
Zou, Wenxin
Jing, Lu
Wu, Shaolong
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Cai, Chang
Zou, Wenxin
Jing, Lu
Wu, Shaolong
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description OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this paper is to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the Chinese labor force; to explore the relationship between depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the Chinese labor force, including both the structural determinants and the intermediary determinants of health inequities; and to identify vulnerable populations who would benefit from intervention measures. METHODS: Data were from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) 2016. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was used to assess depressive symptoms. The World Health Organization’s theoretical framework of the social determinants of health was adopted to analyze the relationship between social determinants and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Of the participants in the research from the Chinese labor force, 17.34% were identified as having depressive symptoms. Depression was significantly related to socioeconomic factors such as hukou status (p < 0.05 in the age < 45 model), education (p < 0.01 in all five models), employment (p < 0.05 in the male model), income (p < 0.05 in all five models), and self-assessed social class position (p < 0.01 in all five models). Intermediary factors were also related to depressive symptoms, such as gender (p < 0.001 in the overall model), age (p < 0.05 in the overall model), marriage (p < 0.05 in the female model), occupational exposure (p < 0.01 in the overall model), exercise (p < 0.05 in all five models), and health insurance (p < 0.05 in the overall model). The results showed that low socioeconomic status was associated with an increased risk of depression and there were some gradient changes in the distribution of depressive symptoms in socioeconomic status. CONCLUSIONS: The findings showed that depression symptoms are significantly related to structural determinants and intermediary determinants in China’s labor force. There are some gradient changes in the distribution of depressive symptoms among people of different socioeconomic status. Low socioeconomic status is associated with increased risk of depression. Women, older people, and single and divorced people are the relative vulnerable groups in China’s labor force.
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spelling pubmed-93948512022-08-23 Depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: Evidence from China’s representative sample Zhang, Guoying Cai, Chang Zou, Wenxin Jing, Lu Wu, Shaolong PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this paper is to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the Chinese labor force; to explore the relationship between depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the Chinese labor force, including both the structural determinants and the intermediary determinants of health inequities; and to identify vulnerable populations who would benefit from intervention measures. METHODS: Data were from the China Labor-Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS) 2016. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was used to assess depressive symptoms. The World Health Organization’s theoretical framework of the social determinants of health was adopted to analyze the relationship between social determinants and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Of the participants in the research from the Chinese labor force, 17.34% were identified as having depressive symptoms. Depression was significantly related to socioeconomic factors such as hukou status (p < 0.05 in the age < 45 model), education (p < 0.01 in all five models), employment (p < 0.05 in the male model), income (p < 0.05 in all five models), and self-assessed social class position (p < 0.01 in all five models). Intermediary factors were also related to depressive symptoms, such as gender (p < 0.001 in the overall model), age (p < 0.05 in the overall model), marriage (p < 0.05 in the female model), occupational exposure (p < 0.01 in the overall model), exercise (p < 0.05 in all five models), and health insurance (p < 0.05 in the overall model). The results showed that low socioeconomic status was associated with an increased risk of depression and there were some gradient changes in the distribution of depressive symptoms in socioeconomic status. CONCLUSIONS: The findings showed that depression symptoms are significantly related to structural determinants and intermediary determinants in China’s labor force. There are some gradient changes in the distribution of depressive symptoms among people of different socioeconomic status. Low socioeconomic status is associated with increased risk of depression. Women, older people, and single and divorced people are the relative vulnerable groups in China’s labor force. Public Library of Science 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9394851/ /pubmed/35994489 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272199 Text en © 2022 Zhang et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Cai, Chang
Zou, Wenxin
Jing, Lu
Wu, Shaolong
Depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: Evidence from China’s representative sample
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title_full Depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: Evidence from China’s representative sample
title_fullStr Depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: Evidence from China’s representative sample
title_full_unstemmed Depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: Evidence from China’s representative sample
title_short Depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: Evidence from China’s representative sample
title_sort depressive symptoms and socioeconomic status among the labor force: evidence from china’s representative sample
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35994489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272199
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