Structural Gender Inequality and Mental Health among Chinese Men and Women  

作　　者：Lei Yang Zhipeng Sun 

机构地区：[1]Department of Sociology,School of Ethnology and Sociology,Minzu University of China,Beijing,100081,China [2]Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science,Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences,Utrecht University,Utrecht,3508TC,The Netherlands [3]Shanghai CSW&MSM Center(SCMC),Shanghai,200023,China

出　　处：《International Journal of Mental Health Promotion》2023年第1期31-43,共13页国际心理健康促进杂志（英文）

摘　　要：Little is known about the association between structural gender inequality and health in patriarchal China.This study employed a sample from the Chinese Women’s Social Status,consisting of 26,139 participants aged 18 and 70 years(13,494 women and 12,645 men).Structural gender inequality was assessed at the macro-,meso-,and micro-levels.Mental health was measured by the summed scores of eight questions on depressive symptoms.Multilevel linear regression was applied for analysis.Results showed that total sex ratio at birth was associated with poorer mental health among women and men but sex ratio at birth of the second-born child predicted better mental health.Gender inequality at meso-level resulted in poorer mental health and gender inequality at micro-level was associated with poorer mental health both for men and women.Eliminating structural gender inequality promotes populations’mental health in China.

关 键 词：Structural gender inequality PATRIARCHY mental health men and women social determinants 

分 类 号：R395[哲学宗教—心理学] B84[医药卫生—医学心理学]