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

Table 3 Impact of bereavement on mental health, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2015

Variables	Coefficient	SE	p-value
Bereaved	0.440	(0.483)	0.363
Year 1 after bereavement among bereaved	1.292^**	(0.657)	0.049
Year 2 after bereavement among bereaved	2.660^***	(0.858)	0.002
Year 3 after bereavement among bereaved	0.267	(0.749)	0.722
Year 1 after Bereaved	0.030	(0.473)	0.949
Year 2 after Bereaved	−0.147	(0.561)	0.793
Year 3 after Bereaved	0.371	(0.563)	0.509
Woman	1.832^***	(0.388)	< 0.001
Working in Baseline Year	−0.095	(0.268)	0.724
Rural Hukou	1.940^***	(0.411)	< 0.001
Having diabetes in baseline year	1.461^**	(0.585)	0.013
Having heart disease in baseline year	2.935^***	(0.452)	< 0.001
Bereaved * Women	0.951^*	(0.524)	0.070
More than 5 years schooling	−0.745	(0.543)	0.170
Receiving public pension/assistance	−0.402	(0.329)	0.221
Constant	5.233^***	(0.469)	< 0.001
R-squared	0.095

(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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