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

Table 4 Impact of bereavement on Mental health among men, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2015

Variables	Coefficient	SE	p-value
Bereaved	0.186	(0.545)	0.733
Year 1 after bereavement among bereaved	2.276^**	(1.027)	0.027
Year 2 after bereavement among bereaved	1.113	(1.307)	0.395
Year 3 after bereavement among bereaved	2.083^*	(1.239)	0.093
Year 1 after Bereaved	−0.310	(0.761)	0.684
Year 2 after Bereaved	0.091	(0.904)	0.920
Year 3 after Bereaved	−0.486	(0.946)	0.608
Working in Baseline Year	−0.628	(0.423)	0.138
Rural Hukou	1.766^***	(0.503)	< 0.001
Having diabetes in baseline year	3.316^***	(1.271)	0.009
Having heart disease in baseline year	2.310^***	(0.746)	0.002
More than 5 years schooling	−0.755	(0.677)	0.265
Receiving public pension/assistance	−0.693	(0.583)	0.234
Constant	5.942^***	(0.525)	< 0.001
R-squared	0.063

(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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