The Sex Difference in Depression Across 29 Countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3025641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R L Hopcroft (0000-0001-9629-7993, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, corresponding author), Dana Burr Bradley (0000-0003-2481-2700, Western Kentucky University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1483-1507 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sof.2007.0071 |
| OpenAlex | W2106122355 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 60 |
| References cited | 44 |
The sex difference in depression is well documented in westernized, developed societies, although there has been little quantitative cross- cultural research on the topic. In this study, we use multilevel logit models to examine sex differences in depression across 29 countries using data from the World Values Survey. We find that in no country are males more likely to be depressed than females. We also find that while levels of depression are higher in low gender equity countries, the gender gap in depression is larger in high gender equity countries
Demographic economics · Depression (economics) · Econometrics · Economics · Equity (law) · Gender equity · Gender gap · Logistic regression · Logit · Multilevel model · Political science · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · World Values Survey · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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