@Article{ijmhp.2022.021375,
AUTHOR = {Lei Yang, Zhipeng Sun},
TITLE = {Structural Gender Inequality and Mental Health among Chinese Men and Women},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {25},
YEAR = {2023},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {31--43},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v25n1/50554},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = {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 microlevel was associated with poorer mental health both for men and women. Eliminating structural gender inequality
promotes populations’ mental health in China.},
DOI = {10.32604/ijmhp.2022.021375}
}