05/05/2007
cor956.txt


SDEPR - Depression Module for Graduate-Sibling Instrument (Phone)


OVERVIEW

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

   	- Life-time experiences of depression have been aksed to 
     	Graduate-Sibling Respondents who were randomly selected 
     	to answer on alcohor comsumption and depression expereinces (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 sample selection. (ALCFLAG)

	CU002RE-CU012REC 	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.



CODING


PROBLEMS
  

PEOPLE
  	Jeong-Hwa Ho - 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.