4. Results
Fig. 1 shows the distribution of the CES-D scores of men and
women. As can be seen, women have a higher mean score (8.9 vs.
7.1) and a thicker right hand tail than men. Although with different
samples, a few studies do not find significant gender difference in
depressive symptoms (e.g. Zhang and Li, 2011), most comparable
studies do find a significant female disadvantage. For example, Li
et al. (2014) provide a detailed meta-analysis on 81 studies regarding depressive symptoms of the Chinese elderly. They find
that Chinese women have significantly higher depressive symptom
than men and attribute it to higher risk of onset, longer lifeexpectancy,
higher widowhood rate, lower social status, economic
income and degree of education. Zhang and Li's study use
data from only major Chinese cities. Their sample includes women
5 years younger than men (60 and over for men and 55 and over for
women) and they also use the full 20 question version of CES-D.
Given these differences, however, it is not clear exactly why they
do not find higher levels of depressive symptoms for women.
4. Results
Fig. 1 shows the distribution of the CES-D scores of men and
women. As can be seen, women have a higher mean score (8.9 vs.
7.1) and a thicker right hand tail than men. Although with different
samples, a few studies do not find significant gender difference in
depressive symptoms (e.g. Zhang and Li, 2011), most comparable
studies do find a significant female disadvantage. For example, Li
et al. (2014) provide a detailed meta-analysis on 81 studies regarding depressive symptoms of the Chinese elderly. They find
that Chinese women have significantly higher depressive symptom
than men and attribute it to higher risk of onset, longer lifeexpectancy,
higher widowhood rate, lower social status, economic
income and degree of education. Zhang and Li's study use
data from only major Chinese cities. Their sample includes women
5 years younger than men (60 and over for men and 55 and over for
women) and they also use the full 20 question version of CES-D.
Given these differences, however, it is not clear exactly why they
do not find higher levels of depressive symptoms for women.
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