Relationship between household financial debt and depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the impacts of household financial debt on depressive symptoms and its possible mediating mechanisms.

Design

A nationally representative longitudinal study using the ordinary least squares regression model, fixed-effects model, and instrumental variable approach to explore the relationship between household financial debt and depressive symptoms and further using structural equation models and the Bootstrap method to analyse the mediating effects.

Setting

The China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database.

Participants

Three waves of longitudinal data in 2012, 2016, and 2018 from CFPS were used. A total of 103,247 individuals over the age of 18 were included in our study sample.

Outcome measures

Depression symptoms were assessed using a

SUBMITTER: Hu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10514642 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature