Socioeconomic inequalities in depression and the role of job conditions in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rising prevalence of depression in China, coupled with a tightening job market, highlights concern for the workforce's mental health. Although socioeconomic inequalities in depression have been well documented in high-income countries, the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and depression, along with its work-related mediators, has not been sufficiently studied in China.

Methods

The study participants are 6,536 non-agriculturally employed working adults from the 2020 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS). We build linear regression models to examine the relationship between SES and depression, using education and income as indicators of SES. We also apply a framework based on seemingly unrelated estimation (SUEST) to assess how job conditions, which in

SUBMITTER: Ma J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11672342 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature