Table 2 Summary statistics: Men vs Women in the pooled bereaved and match control groups, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2015
Total | Men | Women | t-stat | p-value | Cohen’s D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CES-D (3 waves) | 9.285 (6.668) | 7.654 (5.926) | 10.180 (6.881) | 10.7 | < 0.001 | 0.385 |
Self-Assessed Health (3 waves) | 3.080 (0.945) | 2.966 (0.948) | 3.142 (0.938) | 5.3 | < 0.001 | 0.187 |
Bereaved | 50.0% | 49.8% | 50.1% | 0.2 | 0.840 | 0.007 |
# years after spousal bereavement | 0.855 (1.081) | 0.823 (1.061) | 0.873 (1.091) | 1.4 | 0.169 | 0.046 |
Woman | 64.4% | |||||
Working in Baseline Year | 58.6% | 64.6% | 55.2% | 5.7 | < 0.001 | 0.192 |
Rural Hukou | 82.6% | 78.2% | 85.0% | 5.4 | < 0.001 | 0.181 |
Having diabetes in baseline year | 6.5% | 4.4% | 7.7% | 4.1 | < 0.001 | 0.136 |
Having heart disease in baseline year | 12.0% | 12.2% | 11.8% | 0.4 | 0.720 | 0.012 |
More than 5 years schooling | 8.2% | 12.9% | 5.7% | 7.9 | < 0.001 | 0.264 |
Receiving public pension/assistance | 26.0% | 27.0% | 25.4% | 1.1 | 0.278 | 0.036 |
Observations | 3858 | 1374 | 2484 |