Women in Chile, as in much of the world, have more prevalence of depression than men. Work-family conflict (WFC) indicates the impact of the double role as a provider and caregiver on women who work. Due to gender inequality in distribution of housework, this type of conflict would be more frequent in women. Thus, this could be associated to more prevalence of depression in this sex. This study seeks to determine if there are gender differences in depression in the working Chilean population, with a similar level of WFC. The data is ENCAVI Survey (2015-2016), with a sample design stratified geographically and three stages. The population was between 25 and 55 years old, actively working. The size was 2,259: 1,086 men (mean age: 40.05) and 1,173 women (mean age: 38.85). The results indicate that the variable with the highest association was WFC, obtaining 3,28 times more likely to have depressive symptoms. In conclusion, public policy and intervention designed to decrease the prevalence of depression in worker adult women would be focused in social and labour aspects associated with the double burden of work.
González-Medina, G. A., Letelier-Fuentes, N. E., & Aguirre-Iduya, D. (2020). A Social Approach About Gender Differences in Depression in Workers: The Importance of Work-Family Conflict. Revista De Psicología, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2020.55335
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