TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender Differences in Depressive Symptoms of Aging Chinese in Urban Jiangsu in China
AU - Lai, Daniel W. L.
AU - Guo, Aimei
N1 - Funding Information:
The results of this study belong to Dr. Guo’s research titled “Research on living condition and quality of life of urban and rural empty nest families” funded by the Jiangsu Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Program (6JSBSH003).
Publisher copyright:
© Taylor & Francis
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Gender differences in depressive symptoms among older Chinese were examined based upon data collected from a survey with 497 randomly selected aging Chinese of 60 years or older in Jiangsu, China. A Chinese version of the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale was used. Depressive symptoms correlated with lower levels of education, financial inadequacy, lower levels of satisfaction toward housing, higher levels of worry, and poorer physical health. When controlled for other confounding factors, the effect of gender was not significant. Gender differences were most likely attributed to women's less favorable status in education level, living arrangement, housing condition, and social support.
AB - Gender differences in depressive symptoms among older Chinese were examined based upon data collected from a survey with 497 randomly selected aging Chinese of 60 years or older in Jiangsu, China. A Chinese version of the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale was used. Depressive symptoms correlated with lower levels of education, financial inadequacy, lower levels of satisfaction toward housing, higher levels of worry, and poorer physical health. When controlled for other confounding factors, the effect of gender was not significant. Gender differences were most likely attributed to women's less favorable status in education level, living arrangement, housing condition, and social support.
KW - Chinese
KW - depression
KW - elderly
KW - sex differences
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79956140572&origin=inward&txGid=10ea6587ca7543867f5d1cfcb63248b4
U2 - 10.1080/07317115.2011.555326
DO - 10.1080/07317115.2011.555326
M3 - Article
SN - 0731-7115
VL - 34
SP - 190
EP - 206
JO - Clinical Gerontologist
JF - Clinical Gerontologist
IS - 3
ER -