6/07/2006
cor903.txt


HDEPR - Depression Module for Graduate-Spouse Instrument (Phone)


OVERVIEW

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

   	- Life-time experiences of depression have been aksed to 
     	Graduate-Spouse Respondents who were randomly selected 
     	to answer on alcohor comsumption and depression expereinces (ALCFLAG = 1).
     
   	- The 2004 Graduate, Graduate-Spouse, 2005 Graduate-Sibling and Sibling Spouse share same depression module.  
   	
   	- These depression modules are replicates of 1992 Graduate depression module.  

   
BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS 

	AU001RE          	Random sample selection. (ALCFLAG)

	AU002RE-AU012REC 	Ever depressed, age, symptoms. 

	AU013RE          	Count of depression episodes lasting two weeks
                         	or more.

	AU014RE-AU015RE		Length of depression episode for respondents
                       		who had ONLY ONE episode.

	AU016RE-AU019RE		Average duration and average time between 
                       		episodes for respondents who had more than
                       		one depression episode.

	AU020RE-AU021RE		Age at first and last episodes of depression.

	AU022RE-AU023RE		Psychological well-being between depression
                       		episodes.

	AU024RE        		Count of depression symptoms.



CODING


PROBLEMS
  

PEOPLE

  	Jeong-Hwa Ho, Shlomit Bornstein - checking notes, writing SAS code and COR 
  

REFERENCES
	Depression module is composite of international Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), 
	measure of Major Depression (MDE) as defined by in the DSM-III-R
	Singer, B.H., Ryff, C.D., Carr, D., & Magee, W. (1998). 
	"Linking life histories and mental health: A person-centered strategy". 
	Sociological Methodology, 28, 1-51.