Social Determinants of Depression: Similarities and Differences Among Married Men and Married Women
Using data from a national probability sample of 613 married couples, this research attempts to link husbands' and wives' social status to the stress they experience by testing hypotheses concerning their levels of depression. I hypothesized that (1) women are more exposed to stress as a result of personal relations; men, as a result of their breadwinner responsibilities; (2) that having lower socioeconomic status increases vulnerability to depression but that the impact of status resources should vary by sex; (3) wives employed part-time should be less depressed than other wives; and (4) the lower the respondent's social status, the greater the impact of a given stressor on depression.
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