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===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Being single is a greater risk factor for developing depression in men than in women</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">Being single is a greater risk factor for developing depression in men than in women</span>=== | ||
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Velde,Bracke & Levecque (2010) conducted | Velde,Bracke & Levecque (2010) conducted several data analyses of the third round of the European social survey which 'covered 25 European countries in 2006-2007' (the authors excluding the data from Latvia and Romania from their analyses), their aim being to examine the variance between the countries and the sexes regarding the risk factors of depression. | ||
Using data from a self-reported eight-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) it was found that while marriage and cohabitation was a protective factor against the development of depression in both sexes, being single or widowed was a significantly larger risk factor for higher levels of depression in men then in women. | Using data from a self-reported eight-item version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) it was found that while marriage and cohabitation was a protective factor against the development of depression in both sexes, being single or widowed was a significantly larger risk factor for higher levels of depression in men then in women. | ||
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