@article{ref1,
title="Gender disparities in depressive and anxiety symptoms among internal migrant workers  in Shenzhen: a cross-sectional study",
journal="BMJ open",
year="2020",
author="Hou, Fengsu and Liu, Huiming and Peng, Xiaodong and You, Liqin and Zhou, Zhijian and Xie, Haiyan and Liu, Tiebang",
volume="10",
number="12",
pages="e041446-e041446",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To investigate the gender disparities in the prevalence and severity of  depressive and anxiety symptoms and associated factors among internal migrant  workers in Shenzhen. <br><br>DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Labour intensive  factories in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. PARTICIPANTS: We recruited 3200 internal  migrant workers who aged over 18 years old and above and did not register in  Shenzhen's household registration system. There were 3095 participants eligible for  this study. <br><br>METHODS: Participants completed sociodemographic questionnaire, the  Patient Health Questionnaire-9, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, the UCLA  Loneliness Scale, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, the Social Support Rating Scale,  the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and Meaning in Life Questionnaire. We  applied χ(2) test, analysis of variance, Wilcoxon rank test, Fisher's exact test and  univariate and multivariate multilevel linear regression analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The  overall prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms was 27.85% and 19.26% among  internal migrant workers. We reported gender disparities of depressive and anxiety  symptoms among participants that the prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms  was higher in women (30.57% vs 26.43% and 22.67% vs 17.47%), and the symptoms were  more severe among women. Female migrant workers were more likely to be singled, have  lower prevalence of smoking and drinking, receive less education and monthly income,  have higher level of impulsiveness and social support and lower level of meaning in  life. We found age, marriage, income, adaption to living in Shenzhen, being  discriminated, drinking, loneliness, impulsiveness, social support, coping  strategies and meaning of life were associated with the severity of depressive and  anxiety symptoms among internal migrant workers in Shenzhen. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Gender  inequality may be the institutional factor leading to disparities in depressive and  anxiety symptoms among internal migrant workers. Interventions should be embedded  with strategies improving gender equality.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2044-6055",
doi="10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041446",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041446"
}