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Phone: Depression

SDEPR - Depression Module 
			
			
OVERVIEW

Information about the Graduate-Sibling Respondent's depression experience was
collected in the following manner:

        - In 2004, life-time experiences of depression have been asked to 
          Graduate-Sibling Respondents who were randomly selected to answer on
          alcohol consumption and depression experiences (ALCFLAG = 1).
     
        - The 2004 Graduate, Graduate-Spouse, Graduate-Sibling share 
          same depression module.  
        
        - These depression modules are replicates of 1992 Graduate depression 
          module.  

        
BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS 

        CU001RE:                 Random sub-sample selection flag (ALCFLAG).

        CU002RE-CU012RE:         Ever depressed, age, symptoms. 

        CU013RE:                 Count of depression episodes lasting two weeks
                                 or more.

        CU014RE-CU015RE:         Length of depression episode for respondents
                                 who had ONLY ONE episode.

        CU016RE-CU019RE:         Average duration and average time between 
                                 episodes for respondents who had more than
                                 one depression episode.

        CU020RE-CU021RE:         Age at first and last episodes of depression.

        CU022RE-CU023RE:         Psychological well-being between depression
                                 episodes.

        CU024RE:                 Count of depression symptoms.

        CUA24RE:                 Number of valid responses to symptoms
        			 questions in cu006re-cu012re.

Note: See COR 956 in Appendix M for variable creation details

cu001re: Random 80 percent sample for depression & alcohol sections.

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: alcflag

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
0 R is NOT in subsample, did NOT answer depression section 423 491 914
1 R IS in subsample, DID answer depression section 1607 1749 3356
Note: If cu001re is 0, then no further questions are asked.

Religion, cognition, digit ordering, volunteer, and alcohol and depression are asked of the same sample.

This variable is identical to cua01re in the Alcohol module.

cu002re: Have you ever had a time in your life lasting two weeks or more when nearly every day you felt sad, blue, depressed, or when you lost interest in most things like work, hobbies, or things you usually liked to do for fun?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u866f

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-3 REFUSED 0 2 2
-2 423 491 914
-1 DON'T KNOW 2 1 3
1 YES 264 461 725
2 NO 1271 1214 2485
Note: If cu002re is NOT 1, then no further questions are asked.

cu003re: Were your experiences with depression always caused by alcohol, drugs, medications, or physical illness?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u866m

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1696 1708 3404
-1 DON'T KNOW 8 5 13
1 YES 75 107 182
2 SOMETIMES 10 20 30
3 NO 171 329 500
Note: If cu003re is 1, then no further questions are asked.

cu004re: What age were you when you experienced the worst, particularly bad, or the most recent period of depression?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u868, u868m, u868s

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 4 0 4
10 - 32 34 73 107
33 - 44 45 63 108
45 - 50 44 63 107
51 - 59 35 80 115
60 - 79 27 75 102
Note: See cu005re for types of depressive episode.
Note: We first ask about the age of the worst period.
If there is no worst period or all periods are alike,
then we ask about the particulary bad one.
If respondent cannot think of the particulary bad one,
then we ask about the most recent one.

cu005re: Was the depression the worst, particularly bad, or the most recent episode?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u868, u868f

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
1 DATA IS FOR THE WORST SPELL 183 348 531
2 DATA IS FOR A PARTICULARLY BAD SPELL 2 2 4
3 DATA IS FOR THE MOST RECENT SPELL 4 4 8

cu006re: During this episode of depression, did you lose weight without trying to -- as much as 2 pounds a week for several weeks or as much as 10 pounds altogether?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 6 10 16
1 YES 58 128 186
2 NO 125 216 341
Note: This question is applied to the worst, the particularly bad,
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.

cu007re: During your worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did you have two weeks or more when nearly every night you had trouble falling asleep?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 11 12
1 YES 114 213 327
2 NO 74 130 204
Note: This question is applied to the worst, the particularly bad,
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.

cu008re: During your worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did you have two weeks or more when you lacked energy or felt tired all the time, even when you had not been working very hard?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 2 9 11
1 YES 129 271 400
2 NO 58 74 132
Note: This question is applied to the worst, the particularly bad,
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.

cu009re: During your worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did you have two weeks or more when you felt very bad when waking up, but felt better later in the day?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870d

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 9 12 21
1 YES 106 188 294
2 NO 74 154 228
Note: This question is applied to the worst, the particularly bad,
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.

cu010re: During your worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did you have two weeks or more when you lost interest in most things like work, hobbies, or things you usually liked to do for fun?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870e

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 3 1 4
1 YES 148 271 419
2 NO 38 82 120
Note: This question is applied to the worst, the particularly bad,
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.

cu011re: During your worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did you have two weeks or more when nearly every day you had a lot more trouble concentrating than is normal?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870f

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 2 2
1 YES 137 244 381
2 NO 52 108 160
Note: This question is applied to the worst, the particularly bad,
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.

cu012re: During your worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did you have two weeks or more when you thought a lot about death - either your own, someone else's, or death in general?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870g

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 1771 1815 3586
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 4 4
1 YES 87 199 286
2 NO 102 150 252
Note: This question is applied to the worst, the particularly bad,
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.
Note: If the total number of symptoms is less than two (if cu024re < 2),
no further questions are asked.

cu013re: In your lifetime, how many periods have you had that lasted two weeks or more when you felt sad, blue or depressed?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u872e

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 1793 1840 3633
-1 DON'T KNOW 11 27 38
1 75 123 198
2 30 79 109
3 16 36 52
4 5 20 25
5 4 18 22
6 7 7 14
7 0 1 1
8 1 0 1
10 5 10 15
12 4 1 5
14 1 0 1
15 1 0 1
20 2 2 4
25 1 0 1
40 1 0 1
50 3 4 7
Note: cu013re is top coded at 10 on the public release.
Note: Periods should be counted separately if the recovery time
between depression spells is two months or more.
Note: If respondent has had ONLY ONE period (cu013re = 1),
cu014re and cu015re are asked, then no further questions are asked.
Note: If respondent has had MORE THAN ONE period (cu013re > 1),
then goto cu016re.
Note: cu013re is topcoded at 50. For graduate-siblings, there are
6 cases reporting more than 50 episodes in total.

cu014re: How long did your sole period of depression last?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u873_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 1885 2046 3931
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 5 6
1 11 40 51
2 23 22 45
3 5 13 18
4 10 5 15
5 4 4 8
6 13 22 35
7 0 2 2
10 1 3 4
11 0 1 1
14 0 1 1
15 1 0 1
18 1 2 3
20 2 0 2
25 0 1 1
30 2 1 3
43 1 0 1
Note: This question is for respondents who has experienced
ONLY ONE depression episode mentioned at cu013re (cu013re = 1).

cu015re: What is the unit for the length of the sole period when you felt sad, blue, or depressed?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u873_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1886 2052 3938
1 DAY 2 1 3
2 WEEK 20 17 37
3 MONTH 36 75 111
4 YEAR 16 24 40
Note: This question is for respondents who has experienced
ONLY ONE depression episode mentioned at cu013re (cu013re = 1).

cu016re: What is the average length of the periods when you felt sad, blue, or depressed?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u873b_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1879 1991 3870
-1 DON'T KNOW 5 15 20
1 11 45 56
2 33 54 87
3 15 27 42
4 7 5 12
5 1 2 3
6 4 19 23
8 0 3 3
9 1 0 1
10 0 1 1
12 1 0 1
13 0 2 2
15 0 1 1
25 1 0 1
30 2 2 4
45 0 1 1
60 0 1 1
Note: This and further questions are for respondents who has experienced
MORE THAN ONE depression episodes mentioned at cu013re (cu013re > 1).

cu017re: What is the unit for the average length of the periods when you felt sad, blue, or depressed?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u873b_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1884 2006 3890
1 DAY 1 4 5
2 WEEK 41 63 104
3 MONTH 26 80 106
4 YEAR 8 16 24

cu018re: What is the usual length of time between the end of one period of depression to the beginning of the next?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u873d_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-3 REFUSED 0 2 2
-2 1879 1991 3870
-1 DON'T KNOW 20 54 74
1 - 2 22 27 49
3 - 5 13 28 41
6 - 9 10 26 36
10 - 20 14 30 44
25 - 45 2 11 13

cu019re: What is the unit for the usual length of time between the end of one period of depression to the beginning of the next?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u873d_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1899 2047 3946
1 DAY 4 2 6
2 WEEK 6 3 9
3 MONTH 15 25 40
4 YEAR 36 92 128

cu020re: What age were you the first time you had a period of two weeks or more when you felt sad, blue or depressed?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u871m

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-3 REFUSED 0 1 1
-2 1879 1991 3870
-1 DON'T KNOW 4 4 8
10 - 22 11 44 55
23 - 30 14 37 51
31 - 41 19 32 51
42 - 52 18 35 53
53 - 79 15 25 40

cu021re: What age were you the last time you had a period of two weeks or more when you felt sad, blue or depressed?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u871t

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1879 1991 3870
-1 DON'T KNOW 3 2 5
21 - 49 22 36 58
50 - 54 11 42 53
55 - 59 21 33 54
60 - 64 13 39 52
65 - 79 11 26 37

cu022re: Between any periods of two weeks or more of feeling sad, blue or depressed, were you feeling OK at least for some months?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u872f

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1879 1991 3870
1 YES 80 175 255
2 NO 1 3 4

cu023re: Between any periods of two weeks or more of feeling sad, blue or depressed, were you fully able to work and enjoy being with other people?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u872g

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1879 1991 3870
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 YES 72 175 247
2 NO 8 3 11

cu024re: Count of depression symptoms.

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: cu006re, cu007re, cu008re, cu009re, cu010re, cu011re, cu012re
Revisions: Updated Jan 2008     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-3 REFUSED 2 4 6
-2 498 598 1096
0 1283 1217 2500
1 10 21 31
2 11 27 38
3 20 62 82
4 43 70 113
5 53 76 129
6 30 66 96
7 10 28 38
Note: This variable is the sum of symptoms which respondent
has experienced from cu006RE to cu012RE.

cua24re: Number of valid responses to depression symptoms in cu006re through cu012re.

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: u870

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2407 2101 4508
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 70 71 141
-2 1769 1812 3581
0 2 3 5
3 0 1 1
4 0 2 2
5 3 5 8
6 15 30 45
7 171 316 487

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