Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/87833 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Development Research Working Paper Series No. 03/2011
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD), La Paz
Abstract: 
Using data for the third wave from the European Social Survey (ESS) and the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (K-NHANES), this research examines the relationship between having children at home and depression among men and women aged 18-75 years. Multilevel and probit regression models are applied. Our results show that there is a gender differential in depression. Having children at home improves psychological well-being for men only in 23 European countries and South Korea. In Europe we also find that depression tends to be lower in countries in which per capita income is higher. The results also show that household income is negatively associated with levels of depression in South Korea.
Subjects: 
Depression
Europe
Cross-national analysis
Children
Multilevel model
Probit model
JEL: 
I12
O57
Z13
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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