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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
or most recent episode of depression mentioned earlier
and lasted at least 2 weeks or more.
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 |
between depression spells is two months or more.
cu014re and cu015re are asked, then no further questions are asked.
then goto cu016re.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |