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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of depressive symptoms

From: Housing debt and depressive symptoms: evidence from the China family panel studies

Variables

With housing debt

 

Without housing debt

 

T-test

(1)

(2)

 

(3)

(4)

 

(5)

(6)

Obs.

Mean

 

Obs.

Mean

 

Difference

S.D.

CES-D8 scores in 2016

3038

5.240

 

9578

4.879

 

0.361***

0.078

CES-D8 scores in 2018

3153

5.796

 

9463

5.353

 

0.443***

0.078

CES-D8 scores in 2016 and 2018

6191

5.524

 

19,041

5.114

 

0.410***

0.055

  1. Note> *** p < 0.01