Depressive mood and children: Europe and South Korea

Antonio Rodríguez (), Rosemary L. Hopcroft () and Yong-Hwan Noh ()
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Antonio Rodríguez: School of Public Health, Department of Health Services Research, University of Aarhus
Rosemary L. Hopcroft: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Yong-Hwan Noh: Seoul Women’s University
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Antonio Rodriguez Andres

No 03/2011, Development Research Working Paper Series from Institute for Advanced Development Studies

Abstract: Using data for the third wave from the European Social Survey (ESS) and the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (K-NHANES), this research examines the relationship between having children at home and depression among men and women aged 18-75 years. Multilevel and probit regression models are applied. Our results show that there is a gender differential in depression. Having children at home improves psychological well-being for men only in 23 European countries and South Korea. In Europe we also find that depression tends to be lower in countries in which per capita income is higher. The results also show that household income is negatively associated with levels of depression in South Korea.

Keywords: Depression; Europe; Cross-national analysis; Children; Multilevel model; Probit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 J13 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2011-04
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