作者: 夏候草 时间: 2007-5-23 07:03 标题: Divorce hits men harder: StatsCan May 22, 2007 03:22 PM
Lorrayne Anthony
Canadian press
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/216363
The stereotype might be that a man relishes trading his wife for a fast car or a younger woman, but a new study finds that men appear to take separation harder than women.
While both men and women whose marriages have dissolved have a higher risk of being depressed than people who remained with their spouses, a Statistics Canada study found that men who had divorced or separated were six times more likely to report an episode of depression compared with men who remained married.
Women who had undergone marital breakups were 3.5 times more likely to have had bouts of depression than their counterparts who were still in relationships.
The survey found that 12 per cent of people who were no longer in a relationship reported a new episode of depression, while just three per cent of those who remained in a relationship had suffered new depression.
Michelle Rotermann, the author of the study, said she was surprised, and also not surprised, by the results.
"On the one hand we know depression in general tends to be more common among women, but there is also a lot of evidence that shows that men have fewer social supports and social support does seem to play a role," she said.
"erhaps one of the reasons why men are more at risk of experiencing subsequent depression is because one of their main sources of social support is their partner, their spouse, and now she is no longer there," said Rotermann, an analyst at Statistics Canada.
Nineteen per cent of men who were no longer with their spouse found a decline in social support, while only six per cent of men who remained in a relationship found a drop. Among women the proportions were 11 per cent for those no longer in a relationship and five for those who were.
Jenni Tipper, a research associate with the Vanier Institute of the Family in Ottawa, said "typically women are much better at building and maintaining social supports, which isn't often the case for men."
After a breakup, women tended to live in households with an income ranking far below that of their male counterparts. In fact, nearly 30 per cent of recently divorced or separated men actually experienced an improvement in the ranking of their adjusted household income, the study reported.
The study found that 34 per cent of men and three per cent of women were residing with at least one less child after the breakdown of their relationship.
Tipper said the study is a good reminder that the breakdown of a marriage is an extremely challenging transition for everybody involved.
"We sometimes tend to think that it's the woman who bears the brunt of a divorce outcome. And there is no question that women experience higher levels of economic strife," Tipper said. "What we tend to forget in many instances, for the men in particular, they see children all but removed from their lives, which is a huge impact on your life."
The study said the relationship between marital breakup and depression was independent of other factors associated with breakups – changes in household income, social support or the number of children in the household.
More than three-quarters of those who suffered depression in the post-relationship period were no longer depressed four years after the breakup, the findings show.
"It sort of suggests that, for the majority, the effects of your relationship breaking up ... people seem to get back on their feet but there is this significant minority for whom trouble seems to persist," said Rotermann.
The study was based on longitudinal data from the National Population Health Survey, which was taken at two-year intervals between 1994 and 2005. The 7,614 respondents were between the ages of 20 and 64, and free of depression and in a relationship the first time they were interviewed.
天啊,这就是一个中国男人一生花在女人身上的钱。比如我,目前年薪6万元,30年也才180万,那差额的20万到哪里去弥补?这还是普通的,平凡的生活。都说中国男人活得累,真是不算不知道,只有努力工作,拼命赚钱了!作者: Sedona 时间: 2007-5-23 12:49
Tired. Not quite. The following sums up how much I spent on my girlfriend for 3 years:
恋爱: The cost is zero. Watch television at her house 5 times a week. She provides dinner. Assuming each dinner costs $5, that's a net gain of $3,900 in 3 years.
购买礼物及其他: a profit of $500. I never bought her anything. I told her birthday is the relationship between the sun and the earth, and Christmas is not for a non Christian. She bought me clothes I never wear.
结婚: Who is the no brainer getting married nowadays!!!
房子:We don't live together. This is very popular in New York City. When I need it, I go to her house. When she needs it, I go to her house one more time.
车子: She drives hers and I mine.
抚养孩子:I am too old to raise any kids.
家庭开支:She looks after hers and I mine.
So, in 3 years, I have a net gain of $4,400. There are lots of freebies in Canada. Why bother!作者: 小心为上 时间: 2007-5-23 13:37 标题: 回复:[讨论][评论]木然:再谈李向东事件 走出新闻以外 最初由[夏侯草]发布 [讨论][评论]木然:再谈李向东事件 走出新闻以外
是8人小组还是SUNNY姐姐?作者: 退出 时间: 2007-5-23 18:20
华人、华人媒体、媒体人、华人团体还是窝里斗比较有专业精神,带血的馒头真好吃。作者: Haliluyaabc 时间: 2007-5-23 21:17
反正这是血的教训:打死不能出名,无论是好名还是坏名作者: 冬日 时间: 2007-5-23 22:48 最初由[Sedona]发布
Tired. Not quite. The following sums up how much I spent on my girlfriend for 3 years:
恋爱: The cost is zero. Watch television at her house 5 times a week. She provides dinner. Assuming each dinner costs $5, that's a net gain of $3,900 in 3 years.
购买礼物及其他: a profit of $500. I never bought her anything. I told her birthday is the relationship between the sun and the earth, and Christmas is not for a non Christian. She bought me clothes I never wear.
结婚: Who is the no brainer getting married nowadays!!!
房子:We don't live together. This is very popular in New York City. When I need it, I go to her house. When she needs it, I go to her house one more time.
车子: She drives hers and I mine.
抚养孩子:I am too old to raise any kids.
家庭开支:She looks after hers and I mine.
So, in 3 years, I have a net gain of $4,400. There are lots of freebies in Canada. Why bother!
It seems you're lucky to find a girl without brain. 作者: 胡硕士 时间: 2007-5-27 11:01 最初由[芸芸众生]发布
俺也不知道你们抨击的是谁?