Gender Differences in Geriatric Depressive Symptoms in Rural China: The Role of Physical Housing Environments and Living Arrangements
| Autor: | Jinfeng Chen, Mingwang Fang, Ling Guo, Xiao Ma |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Rural Population China Longitudinal study Bathing Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis living arrangements Developing country lcsh:Medicine Logistic regression Article 03 medical and health sciences Shower Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Residence Characteristics Humans Medicine Longitudinal Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health Toilet Facilities Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Depression business.industry geriatric depressive symptoms lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health physical housing environments Middle Aged Health Surveys rural China gender difference Female business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Demography |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 5 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, Iss 5, p 774 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16050774 |
| Popis: | Physical housing environment and living arrangements are significant determinants of health, particularly in developing countries, although results are mixed. We conducted this study to examine the gender differences in geriatric depressive symptoms in rural China, and further explored the influence of housing environments and living arrangements on depressive symptoms. The data used for this study were from the third wave of the nationally representative China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) survey in 2015 a total of 2056 females and 2529 males were included in this study. According to the analysis findings, 46.15% of the respondents had depressive symptoms based on the CES-D, with a statistically significant gender difference of 54.32% in females and 39.50% in males. Logistic Regression findings identified that with regard to the items of physical housing environments, toilets without seats (OR = 1.349) and the unavailability of bathing facilities (OR = 1.469) were statistically associated with depressive symptoms among male participants, whereas for female participants the use of polluting fuels (OR = 1.248) and living arrangements (i.e., living with children, OR = 1.430) was statistically associated with depressive symptoms. Statistically significant gender differences were found for having shower or bath facilities and our findings underscored that physical housing environments and living arrangements were associated with depressive symptoms for both genders. Moreover, the study revealed that a slight gender difference exists in terms of geriatric depression in rural China. Females are more likely to become depressed than their male counterparts with the same characteristics. |
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