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

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 6 Full results of OLS regression analysis with depressive symptoms as dependent variable. (Source: lidA, wave 1, 2011; own calculations.)

	Women: full-time (N = 1212)	Women: part-time/marginal employment (N = 1557)	Men (N = 2452)
	6a	6b	6c
Birth year
Born 1965 (Ref. born 1959)	0.010	0.014	0.022
Occupational gender segregation
Female-dominated	Ref.	Ref.	0.018
Integrated	0.044	0.029	0.004
Male-dominated	0.059†	0.057*	Ref.
Work stress
Effort-reward ratio	0.093*	0.073*	0.148***
Overcommitment	0.276***	0.265***	0.251***
Work-family conflict	0.205***	0.157***	0.175***
Vocational level
No vocational training	0.056*	0.031	0.024
Completed vocational training/education	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Craftsman/craftswoman, technical college	0.020	0.010	− 0.001
University of applied sciences degree	− 0.023	0.027	− 0.003
University degree	− 0.013	0.035	0.012
Other	0.044	− 0.002	0.005
Occupational status
Unskilled/semi-skilled blue-collar worker	0.033	0.011	0.041 +
Skilled blue-collar worker/craftsman	− 0.015	− 0.050**	0.003
White-collar worker	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Qualified white-collar worker	− 0.122***	− 0.074**	− 0.072**
Marginal employment (for men: part time/marginal employment)	/	0.072**	0.060**
Household characteristics
Children under the age of 14 (Ref. no)	− 0.022	0.017	0.009
Not cohabiting with partner	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Partner working full-time	− 0.121***	− 0.122***	− 0.134***
Partner working part-time/marginal employment	− 0.036*	− 0.025	− 0.143***
Partner not employed	− 0.036	− 0.067*	− 0.096***
Social isolation	0.097***	0.082***	0.119***
R²	0.281	0.200	0.261