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. 2013 Aug 2;49(5):791–809. doi: 10.1007/s00127-013-0730-y

Table 4.

Unadjusted relationships with GHQ Likert score: coefficients and significance for men and women, and significance of gender difference in each age group; indication of any significant differences between the two dates; and indication of any significant differences between the three age groups (further details in Supplementary Table 3)

Age 20–34 Age 35–49 Age 50–64 Sig (p < 0.05) date difference Sig (p < 0.05) age-group difference
Men Women (Gender diff, sig) Men Women (Gender diff, sig) Men Women (Gender diff, sig) Men Women Men Women
Coef Sig Coef Sig Coef Sig Coef Sig Coef Sig Coef Sig
Date (1991)
 2007 0.07 0.784 −0.34 0.200 0.274 0.27 0.271 0.50 0.034 0.486 0.31 0.228 1.05 <0.001 0.051 N/A N/A d, e
Traditionalism score 0.44 0.033 0.90 <0.001 0.099 0.67 0.001 0.55 0.007 0.669 0.56 0.014 0.79 0.003 0.521
Marital status (married)
 Cohabiting 0.14 0.610 −0.09 0.750 0.559 0.18 0.668 0.94 0.070 0.257 0.12 0.830 0.07 0.901 0.955
Gender balance of chores scale (higher = woman does more) −0.05 0.509 0.13 0.121 0.116 −0.00 1.000 −0.18 0.030 0.085 0.05 0.468 −0.22 0.025 0.026 c d, e
Couple employment (both work)
 Only the man works 0.68 0.022 0.88 0.004 0.635 0.07 0.830 0.57 0.122 0.303 −0.23 0.436 0.38 0.352 0.226
 Only the woman works 3.16 <0.001 2.65 0.001 0.653 4.66 <0.001 0.87 0.220 0.001 1.36 0.008 −0.29 0.504 0.014 a d, f e
 Neither work 2.91 <0.001 2.76 <0.001 0.849 4.99 <0.001 3.61 <0.001 0.337 1.95 <0.001 0.53 0.168 0.018 f e, f
Highest qualification (none)
 Basic secondary school −0.75 0.079 −1.19 0.003 0.444 −0.16 0.645 −0.03 0.930 0.776 −0.56 0.125 −0.26 0.466 0.552
 University entry level −0.77 0.073 −1.14 0.013 0.554 −0.19 0.595 −0.15 0.695 0.949 −0.97 0.007 0.63 0.259 0.016 e, f
 University/College −0.68 0.132 −1.42 0.002 0.262 0.17 0.637 −0.46 0.188 0.208 −0.98 0.011 −0.91 0.019 0.907 f d
Children in household (none)
 Any dependent children 0.57 0.032 0.72 0.006 0.671 −0.22 0.452 0.05 0.851 0.503 0.95 0.017 0.42 0.473 0.457 d, f
 Weighted N 1,445 1,884 3,329 2,316 2,611 4,927 1,706 1,822 3,528

aSignificant interaction with date in youngest cohorts

bSignificant interaction with date in middle cohorts

cSignificant interaction with date in oldest cohorts

dSignificant difference between youngest and middle cohorts

eSignificant difference between youngest and oldest cohorts

fSignificant difference between middle and oldest cohorts