Gender differential impact of bereavement on health outcomes: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 2011–2015

Table 5 Impact of bereavement on Mental health among women, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2015

Variables	Coefficient	SE	p-value
Bereaved	1.520^***	(0.426)	< 0.001
Year 1 after bereavement among bereaved	0.789	(0.835)	0.345
Year 2 after bereavement among bereaved	3.549^***	(1.099)	0.001
Year 3 after bereavement among bereaved	−0.547	(0.925)	0.554
Year 1 after Bereaved	0.245	(0.591)	0.678
Year 2 after Bereaved	−0.298	(0.690)	0.666
Year 3 after Bereaved	0.852	(0.680)	0.211
Working in Baseline Year	0.072	(0.337)	0.830
Rural Hukou	2.158^***	(0.581)	< 0.001
Having diabetes in baseline year	1.046	(0.660)	0.113
Having heart disease in baseline year	3.296^***	(0.566)	< 0.001
More than 5 years schooling	−0.690	(0.845)	0.414
Receiving public pension/assistance	−0.250	(0.373)	0.502
Constant	6.654^***	(0.585)	< 0.001
R-squared	0.070

(1) Results are from weighted linear regressions; (2) Robust standard errors clustered at person level are in parentheses; (3) *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1; (4) CES-D: the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 10 item

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