Table 3 Comparison of depressive symptoms across gender in matched cohorts
From: Gender differences in depressive symptoms of rural Chinese grandparents caring for grandchildren
Variables | Grandchild-care duration | Grandchild-care provision | Grandchild-care intensity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Non-caregivers | Caregivers | Low | Moderate | High | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 7.55 | 7.82 | 7.32 | 7.15 | 7.34 | 7.35 |
(6.06) | (6.14) | (5.98) | (5.81) | (5.97) | (6.04) | |
 Female | 10.23 | 10.62 | 9.91 | 9.90 | 9.39 | 10.08 |
(6.92) | (7.10) | (6.75) | (7.07) | (6.48) | (6.73) | |
 P-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |