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- Title
ARE THERE RACE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE EFFECT OF MARITAL DISSOLUTION ON DEPRESSION?
- Authors
Nomaguchi, Kei M.
- Abstract
In this article, I examine whether there are race and gender differences in the effect of marital dissolution on depression, using panel data of a nationally representative sample of black and white Americans. To examine group differences, two procedures are used, including (1) OLS regression models with interaction terms on the full sample, and (2) t-tests of differences in coefficients for the effect of marital dissolution on depression from separate subgroup regression models. Results suggest that regardless of race, women are more likely than men to increase depression upon becoming separated/divorced, and there are no significant race differences within each gender, and there is no interaction between gender and race. Although black-white differences in gender relations in marriage led to speculations that blacks may differ from whites in gender difference in psychological responses to marital dissolution, results suggest that regardless of race, women are more vulnerable than men to marital dissolution.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MENTAL depression; RACE; GENDER; MAN-woman relationships; REGRESSION analysis; SEX differences (Biology); MARRIAGE
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2005, Vol 12, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article