Having a recent child death is positively and significantly (at
10%) related to higher CES-D scores for women. As for being a
recent widow, the coefficient magnitudes are large. For men the
coefficients are positive as well, but not as large as for women, and
also not significant. The recent parental death coefficients are
positive but not significant for men. The coefficients for women,
however, are negative and sometimes significant. As the mean
parental age of the sample is about 80, already much larger than the
average longevity of the Chinese population, their death is somewhat
expected, so we do not see a significant shock to their children.
Furthermore, because women are more likely to be the
caregivers that observe their parents suffering before death, the
death may be a relief for them, resulting in a negative coefficient