Res Aging. 2011 Sep 1;33(5):551-575. doi: 10.1177/0164027511409440.
We examine gender differences in educational gradients in depressive symptoms of married couples and identify what accounts for education gradients for husbands and wives.
We use a nationally representative sample of married couples from the 2006 Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging, which collected information about depressive symptoms and risk factors for both spouses.
For married couples, we find significant education gradients in depressive symptoms for both husbands and wives. Economic resources, physical health, children, and the relationship of spouse explain educational gradients of both husbands and wives. On the other hand, work and organized social activities are important pathways for husbands, but not for wives. In contrast, spouse's educational attainment accounts for wives' educational gradient, but not husbands'.
Education is a strong predictor of depressive symptoms, but the pathways linking education to depressive symptoms differ between men and women.
我们研究已婚夫妇抑郁症状教育梯度中的性别差异，并确定导致丈夫和妻子教育梯度的因素。
我们使用来自2006年韩国老年纵向研究的具有全国代表性的已婚夫妇样本，该研究收集了夫妻双方抑郁症状及风险因素的信息。
对于已婚夫妇，我们发现丈夫和妻子的抑郁症状都存在显著的教育梯度。经济资源、身体健康、子女以及配偶关系解释了丈夫和妻子的教育梯度。另一方面，工作和有组织的社交活动对丈夫来说是重要途径，但对妻子不是。相比之下，配偶的教育程度解释了妻子的教育梯度，但不能解释丈夫的。
教育是抑郁症状的有力预测因素，但教育与抑郁症状之间的联系途径在男性和女性中有所不同。
