Association between the employment status and the presence of depressive symptoms in men and women in Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID5166038
AuthorsJulián Alfredo Fernández-Niño (0000-0002-8948-8481, Universidad del Norte), Laura Juliana Bonilla-Tinoco (0000-0002-7375-890X, Industrial University of Santander), Claudia Iveth Astudillo-García (Servicios de Atención Psiquiátrica, México), Claudia Iveth Astudillo‐García (0000-0002-0895-5747, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México), Edgar Fabián Manrique-Hernández (0000-0002-3634-8821, Industrial University of Santander), Vanesa Giraldo-Gartner (0000-0001-5248-5933, University of Massachusetts, USA)
Year2018
Volume34
Issue9
Pagese00219617-e00219617
Publication date2018-09-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00219617
PMID30281710
OpenAlexW2893488010
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2018000905015
LanguageEN
References cited39

This study aims to estimate the relationship between employment status and depressive symptoms among Mexican adults, as well as to explore its differential effect by gender. Cross-sectional study of 36,516 adults between 20 and 59 years of age taken from the 2012 Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey. Depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and the employment status was determined a week before the survey. Logistic regression models were stratified by gender and education level and adjusted by sociodemographic and health-related conditions to estimate the association between depressive symptoms and employment status. The prevalence of clinically depressive symptoms was 7.59% for men and 18.62% for women. In the case of men, those who were unemployed were more likely to present depressive symptoms (OR = 1.66; 95%CI: 1.08-2.55) than those who were working. For women, employment status is not associated with the presence of depressive symptoms, except in students (OR = 1.57; 95%CI: 1.02-2.43) compared with those who were working. In both genders, disability preventing one from working was associated with depressive symptoms. Although being employed has been reported to be associated with lower levels of psychiatric morbidity, the estimated effect is different for men and women. Occupational health policies should consider these conditions

Anxiety · Association (psychology) · Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics) · Depressive symptoms · Environmental health · Logistic regression · National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey · Population · Psychiatry · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology