There is growing concern about the mental health and wellbeing of teachers globally, with the stress caused by the job thought to be a key factor driving many to leave the profession. It is often claimed that teachers have worse mental health and wellbeing outcomes than other occupational groups. Yet academic evidence on this matter remains limited, with some studies supporting this notion, while a handful of others do not. We contribute to this debate by providing the largest, most comprehensive analysis of differences in mental health and wellbeing between teachers and other professional workers to date. Drawing upon data from across 11 social surveys, we find little evidence that teachers have worse health and wellbeing outcomes than other occupational groups. Research in this area must now shift away from whether teachers are disproportionately affected by such issues towards strengthening the evidence on the likely drivers of mental ill‐health within the education profession.

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与其他专业相比，教师的心理健康和福祉如何？来自十一个调查数据集的证据

全球教师的心理健康和福祉受到越来越多的关注，工作压力引起的压力被认为是促使许多人离开该行业的关键因素。人们通常认为教师比其他职业群体的心理健康和幸福感更差。然而，关于这一问题的学术证据仍然有限，有些研究支持这一观点，而另一些则没有。我们为迄今为止的教师和其他专业工作者之间的心理健康和福祉差异提供了最大，最全面的分析，从而为这场辩论做出了贡献。根据来自11项社会调查的数据，我们发现几乎没有证据表明教师比其他职业群体的健康状况更差。