论文标题
必须走的道路：北京居民的通勤和沮丧
The Roads One Must Walk Down: Commute and Depression for Beijing's Residents
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论文摘要
作为个人生活质量的重要方面，心理健康已被包括在联合国可持续发展目标中的重要组成部分。这项研究的重点是心理健康的特定方面：抑郁症，并检查其与通勤模式的关系。使用来自中国北京的1,528名居民的调查数据，我们发现每10分钟的通勤时间与抑郁症的可能性增加1.1％有关。我们测试通勤 - 抑郁症连接的机制，发现通勤与抑郁症作为直接压力源而不是触发更高的工作压力有关。当将通勤时间分解为特定于模式的时间时，我们发现在摩托车/摩托车上的时间与抑郁症具有最强的联系。此外，对于老年工人和蓝领工人来说，通勤抑郁的协会更加强大。因此，可以减少通勤时间，鼓励在家工作，改善工作房屋平衡或提高摩托车手的安全的政策将有助于促进心理健康。
As a vital aspect of individual's quality of life, mental health has been included as an important component of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. This study focuses on a specific aspect of mental health: depression, and examines its relationship with commute patterns. Using survey data from 1,528 residents in Beijing, China, we find that every 10 additional minutes of commute time is associated with 1.1% higher likelihood of depression. We test for the mechanisms of the commute-depression link and find that commute is associated with depression as a direct stressor rather than triggering higher work stress. When decomposing commute time into mode-specific time, we found that time on mopeds/motorcycles has the strongest association with depression. Moreover, the commute-depression associations are stronger for older workers and blue-collar workers. Hence, policies that could reduce commute time, encourage work from home, improve job-housing balance or increase motorcyclists' safety would help promote mental health.
