title: Depression and quality of life for women in single-parent and nuclear families.
abstract: This is a cross-sectional study which objectives are 1) to determine the predictors for perceived quality of life and 2) to analyze the differences between women from single-parent families and bi-parent families, about their quality of life, depression and familiar income. We worked with a non-probabilistic sample of 140 women from Monterrey, N.L, Mexico, 107 are from bi-parent families and 33 from single parent families. Some of the results show that women from single-parent families have lower quality of life (Z = -2.224, p = .026), lower income (Z = -2.727, p = .006) and greater depression (Z = -6.143, p = .001) than women from bi-parental families. The perceived quality of life's predictors, using a multiple regression model (n = 140) were depression, income and number of children, those variables explaining 25.4% of variance.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México. rlandero1_mx@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Landero Hernández
authors.forename: Benito
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Estrada Aranda
authors.forename: Mónica Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: González Ramírez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009679:Nuclear Family; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D020954:Single-Parent Family; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*