LONDON, November 13, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A comprehensive study following the lives of 10,000 civil servants for two decades has found that middle aged men whose partners worked part-time or who were at home caring for the family had lower depression scores than those whose partners worked full time. Similarly men whose partners moved from caring for the family to full time work had higher depression scores. Interestingly, the study also found that career women face greater levels of depression if their partner is not working.
The study by psychiatrists at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine in London was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the UK’s largest funding agency for research and postgraduate training relating to social and economic issues.
See the release from the ESRC and the National Post coverage: https://www.esrc.ac.uk/esrccontent/news/nov4.asp https://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20011109/778290.html