Gender Differences in Mental Well- Being: A Decomposition Analysis

David Madden ()

Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers from HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York

Abstract: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as a measure of mental well-being. A consistent pattern across countries is that women report lower levels of mental well-being, as measured by the GHQ. This paper applies decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score. For both 1994 and 2000 about two thirds of the raw difference is accounted for by differences in characteristics, with employment status the single most important factor.

Keywords: Mental Well-Being; decomposition; gender difference. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 I31 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-05
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Journal Article: Gender Differences in Mental Well-Being: a Decomposition Analysis (2010)
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