School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 4;17(9):3193. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093193.
Due to insufficient financial support and unceasing work, the rural elderly in China experience a range of mental disorders, and the most common one is depression. This study aims to investigate the association between public pension, labor force participation (LFP), and depressive symptoms for older men and women in rural China. A moderated mediation analysis is conducted using data in the 2015 wave extracted from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), a continuous national social survey. A total of 2709 available surveys were obtained in our analysis. Using PROCESS, results revealed that the income from China's New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) was directly negatively related to depressive symptoms. However, LFP did not mediate the link between pension income (PI) and depressive symptoms in the total study population. The results of moderated mediation estimates indicated that gender significantly moderated the relationship between LFP and depressive symptoms. Specifically, for older women, the indirect effect of PI on depressive symptoms via LFP was significant, but not for the opposite sex. In order to improve the mental health of older adults in rural China, the policy makers and mental health therapists need to pay attention to the aforementioned factors.
由于财政支持不足和持续的工作压力，中国农村老年人出现了一系列精神障碍，其中最常见的是抑郁症。本研究旨在探讨公共养老金、劳动力参与（LFP）与中国农村老年男性和女性抑郁症状之间的关系。本研究使用中国健康与养老追踪调查（CHARLS）2015 年数据进行了中介调节分析，该调查是一项全国性的社会调查。在我们的分析中，共获得了 2709 份有效调查。使用 PROCESS 程序的结果显示，新型农村社会养老保险（NRPS）的收入与抑郁症状呈直接负相关。然而，劳动力参与（LFP）并没有在总研究人群中中介养老金收入（PI）与抑郁症状之间的关系。中介调节估计的结果表明，性别显著调节了 LFP 与抑郁症状之间的关系。具体来说，对于老年女性，PI 通过 LFP 对抑郁症状的间接影响是显著的，但对于男性则不然。为了改善中国农村老年人的心理健康，政策制定者和心理健康治疗师需要关注上述因素。
