15. The probability of depression by age Males, LFS data set 2004-2006 -0.01 -0.005 0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.02 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 Year of birth Regression coefficient
16. -0.014 -0.012 -0.01 -0.008 -0.006 -0.004 -0.002 0 0.002 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 Depression by age among females: LFS data 2004-2006Q2 Year of birth Regression coefficient
A high-strain job is defined as having high required effort and low task discretion. It is important for well-being and health, according to the Karasek demand-control model. The definition of low discretion is “at or below median”. High required effort is defined to be those who “strongly agree” that their job requires them to work very hard. With this definition, the proportion of high strain jobs rose in this period from a small beginning, roughly 1 in 11 jobs in 1992, to approximately 1 in 6 jobs (men) and 1 in 5 jobs (women) by 2001. After 2001 the proportion of ‘high-strain jobs’ remained stable for men but for women it rose still further to encompass a quarter of jobs. A remarkably similar growth pattern is found in Sweden, with the rise of high-strain jobs being more persistent for women than for men (Wikman, 2005). It is also interesting to note the findings of Gorman and Kmec (2007), that both in the US and in the UK women’s work effort is greater than men’s, which, they argue, reflects stricter performance standards for women.