Working in gender-dominated occupations and depressive symptoms: findings from the two age cohorts of the lidA study

Tophoven, Silke; du Prel, Jean-Baptist; Peter, Richard; Kretschmer, Veronika

doi:10.1007/s12651-014-0165-2

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 4 Results of OLS regression analysis with depressive symptoms as dependent variable and interaction effects—women. (Source: lidA, wave 1, 2011; own calculations)

From: Working in gender-dominated occupations and depressive symptoms: findings from the two age cohorts of the lidA studyGeschlechterdominierte Berufe und Depressivität: Ergebnisse zu den zwei Alterskohorten der lidA-Studie

Women: full-time ^a (N = 1212)	7a	8a	9a	10a
Occupational gender segregation
Female-dominated	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Integrated	0.070**	0.068**	0.074**	0.068*
Male-dominated	0.099**	0.099**	0.097**	0.099**
Work stress
Effort-reward ratio	0.128†	0.133***	0.134***	0.116*
Overcommitment	0.238***	0.225***	0.237***	0.234***
Work-family conflict	0.211***	0.211***	0.225***	0.214***
Interactions
Female-dominated x Effort-reward ratio	Ref.
Integrated x Effort-reward ratio	− 0.012
Male-dominated x Effort-reward ratio	0.067†
Female-dominated x Overcommitment		Ref.
Integrated x Overcommitment		0.014
Male-dominated x Overcommitment		− 0.001
Female-dominated x Work-family conflict			Ref.
Integrated x Work-family conflict			− 0.021
Male-dominated x Work-family conflict			0.009
Effort-reward ratio x Overcommitment				0.032
R²	0.237	0.233	0.233	0.233
Women: part-time/marginal employment ^a,b (N = 1557)	7b	8b	9b	10b
Occupational gender segregation
Female-dominated	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Integrated	0.035	0.034	0.043†	0.031
Male-dominated	0.065**	0.083**	0.077***	0.067**
Work stress
Effort-reward ratio	0.043	0.102**	0.108**	0.126**
Overcommitment	0.239***	0.205***	0.241***	0.236***
Work-family conflict	0.171***	0.170***	0.104*	0.167***
Interactions
Female-dominated x Effort-reward ratio	Ref.
Integrated x Effort-reward ratio	0.079†
Male-dominated x Effort-reward ratio	0.021
Female-dominated x Overcommitment		Ref.
Integrated x Overcommitment		0.040
Male-dominated x Overcommitment		0.044†
Female-dominated x Work-family conflict			Ref.
Integrated x Work-family conflict			0.037*
Male-dominated x Work-family conflict			0.077
Effort-reward ratio x Overcommitment				− 0.046
R²	0.177	0.175	0.177	0.175

^aAll models are adjusted for cohort affiliation. Continuous variables are centred
^bFor women working part-time or in marginal employment, all models are additionally adjusted for marginal employment
Beta coefficients, †p < 0.1; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001, robust standard errors

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