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Implications of family income dynamics for women's depressive symptoms during the first 3 years after childbirth

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  • Dearing, E.
  • Taylor, B.A.
  • McCartney, K.

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Objectives. We examined within-person associations between changes in family income and women's depressive symptoms during the first 3 years after childbirth. Methods. Data were analyzed for 1351 women (mean baseline age=28.13 years) who participated in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care. Nineteen percent of these women belonged to an ethnic minority, and 35% were poor at some time during the study. Results. Changes in income and poverty status were significantly associated with changes in depressive symptoms. Effects were greatest for chronically poor women and for women who perceived fewer costs associated with their employment. Conclusions. Given that women head most poor households in the United States, our findings indicate that reductions in poverty would have mental health benefits for women and families.

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  • Dearing, E. & Taylor, B.A. & McCartney, K., 2004. "Implications of family income dynamics for women's depressive symptoms during the first 3 years after childbirth," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(8), pages 1372-1377.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2004:94:8:1372-1377_8
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    1. Cooper, Kerris & Stewart, Kitty, 2017. "Does Money Affect Children’s Outcomes? An update," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 103494, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Kim, Dong Ha & Um, Myung-Yong, 2018. "The relationships among family income, parental depression, and adolescent aggression in South Korea: A latent growth mediation model," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 168-175.
    3. Kerris Cooper & Kitty Stewart, 2017. "Does Money Affect Children's Outcomes? An update," CASE Papers /203, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.
    4. Kerris Cooper & Kitty Stewart, 2021. "Does Household Income Affect children’s Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Evidence," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(3), pages 981-1005, June.
    5. Pinka Chatterji & Sara Markowitz & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, 2011. "Early Maternal Employment and Family Wellbeing," NBER Working Papers 17212, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Jewel Gausman & S Bryn Austin & S V Subramanian & Ana Langer, 2020. "Adversity, social capital, and mental distress among mothers of small children: A cross-sectional study in three low and middle-income countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, January.
    7. Cooper, Kerris & Stewart, Kitty, 2020. "Does household income affect children’s outcomes? A systematic review of the evidence," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 107029, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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