Table 2.
Summary statistics: Men vs Women in the pooled bereaved and match control groups, the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2011–2015
| Total | Men | Women | t-stat | p-value | Cohen’s D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CES-D (3 waves) | 9.285 (6.668) | 7.654 (5.926) | 10.180 (6.881) | 10.7 | < 0.001 | 0.385 |
| Self-Assessed Health (3 waves) | 3.080 (0.945) | 2.966 (0.948) | 3.142 (0.938) | 5.3 | < 0.001 | 0.187 |
| Bereaved | 50.0% | 49.8% | 50.1% | 0.2 | 0.840 | 0.007 |
| # years after spousal bereavement | 0.855 (1.081) | 0.823 (1.061) | 0.873 (1.091) | 1.4 | 0.169 | 0.046 |
| Woman | 64.4% | |||||
| Working in Baseline Year | 58.6% | 64.6% | 55.2% | 5.7 | < 0.001 | 0.192 |
| Rural Hukou | 82.6% | 78.2% | 85.0% | 5.4 | < 0.001 | 0.181 |
| Having diabetes in baseline year | 6.5% | 4.4% | 7.7% | 4.1 | < 0.001 | 0.136 |
| Having heart disease in baseline year | 12.0% | 12.2% | 11.8% | 0.4 | 0.720 | 0.012 |
| More than 5 years schooling | 8.2% | 12.9% | 5.7% | 7.9 | < 0.001 | 0.264 |
| Receiving public pension/assistance | 26.0% | 27.0% | 25.4% | 1.1 | 0.278 | 0.036 |
| Observations | 3858 | 1374 | 2484 |
(1) Samples are pooled from a bereaved group and its matched control group; (2) CES-D: Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; (3) t-statistics, p-value, and Cohen’s D are for comparing men and women of the estimation sample