Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Institute of Health Services Research, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2021;76(8):554-560. doi: 10.1080/19338244.2020.1860876. Epub 2020 Dec 30.
Whether the spouse's employment status would be associated with individual's mental health condition is uncertain. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of spouse's employment status on depression.
Data included the second to sixth wave of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (KLoSA). Depression was measured based on the CES-D10. Spouse's employment status was divided into 4 categories based on their employment changes.
Participants with still unemployed spouse were more likely to have high scores of depression (male: β = 0.32, female: β = 0.42). Participants who are employed and have unemployed spouse have higher depression scores (male: β = 0.45, female: β = 0.77).
This study identified the effect of spouse's employment status on depression by gender, and the results were significant. We should consider the possibility of conducting interventions with people who are remained unemployed.
配偶的就业状况是否与个体的心理健康状况有关尚不确定。因此，本研究旨在探讨配偶就业状况对抑郁的影响。
数据来自韩国老龄化纵向研究（KLoSA）的第二至第六波。抑郁程度根据 CES-D10 进行测量。根据配偶就业变化，将配偶的就业状况分为 4 类。
仍有失业配偶的参与者更有可能出现较高的抑郁评分（男性：β=0.32，女性：β=0.42）。有就业但配偶失业的参与者抑郁评分更高（男性：β=0.45，女性：β=0.77）。
本研究按性别确定了配偶就业状况对抑郁的影响，结果具有统计学意义。我们应该考虑对仍处于失业状态的人进行干预的可能性。
