De-identified survey data from rural western China examines the link between spousal education patterns and maternal mental health during the perinatal period. The dataset includes survey responses, Stata do-files, and the original survey instrument used for the analysis. Author Shuyi Song published this replication data via Harvard Dataverse in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between hypergamous/hypogamous marriages and depression/anxiety based on survey responses.
- Study the mediating role of survival and relational need fulfillment in maternal mental health outcomes.
- Replicate mechanism analyses from the associated study using the provided Stata do-files.
- Investigate shifting marriage expectations and their impact on women's mental health in rural settings.
Strengths
- Includes de-identified survey data, analysis code (Stata do-files), and the survey instrument for full reproducibility.
- Focuses on a specific and understudied population: women in rural western China during the perinatal period.
- Data supports analysis of distinct mental health tendencies (depression, anxiety, stress) linked to marriage types.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
- Data may reflect geographic and cultural bias inherent to its collection in rural western China.
Provenance
- Source
- Harvard Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Survey data collection, likely from rural western China.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-20 13:53:45; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Rural western China