WLS Codebooks
Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.
Depression
O1DEPR Depression Module OVERVIEW: The Depression Module was introduced in the 1993 collection wave as a part of the primary telephone interview, including questions regarding alcohol consumption as well. These variables were replicated in the 2004 and 2011 collection waves, with Depression having a separate module, no longer including questions regarding alcohol. All previous waves only asked questions regarding depression to a random 80% sub-sample. The ILIAD Depression Module generally replicates the variables from previous waves, BUT is not restricted to the previously used 80% sub-sample. All participants had this module administred where appropriate. While the variables for the ILIAD Depression Module replicate those from the earlier collection waves, the information differs slightly. When comparing these data across time between any waves of WLS, please be mindful of the language used in each survey to define the period of depresion being aksed about (it's severity and timeframe). BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily alphabetical. _____________________________________________________________________ o1u002re: Depression since last interviewed o1u003re, o1u003rea-o1u003red: Questions regarding possible cause of depression o1u004re-o1u012re: Depression age, depression symptoms o1u024re: Count of depression symptoms
o1u002re: Since last interview has Participant had a time lasting two weeks or more when nearly every day they felt sad, blue, depressed, or when they lost interest in most things like work, hobbies, or things they usually liked to do for fun?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u866f
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-3 | REFUSED | 1 | 1 | 2 |
-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 2 | 2 | 4 |
1 | YES | 100 | 180 | 280 |
2 | NO | 594 | 675 | 1269 |
o1u003ev: Were Participant's experiences with depression ever caused by alcohol, drugs, medications, or physical illness?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u866n
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1 | YES | 40 | 56 | 96 |
2 | NO | 60 | 122 | 182 |
o1u003re: Were Participant's experiences with depression always caused by alcohol, drugs, medications, or physical illness?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u867n
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 659 | 804 | 1463 | |
1 | YES | 28 | 34 | 62 |
2 | NO | 12 | 22 | 34 |
o1u003rea: Was Participant's depression caused by alcohol?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u868n_a
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 671 | 826 | 1497 | |
1 | YES | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | NO | 26 | 33 | 59 |
o1u003reb: Was Participant's depression caused by drugs?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u868n_d
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 671 | 826 | 1497 | |
2 | NO | 28 | 34 | 62 |
o1u003rec: Was Participant's depression caused by medication?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u868n_m
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 671 | 826 | 1497 | |
1 | YES | 6 | 4 | 10 |
2 | NO | 22 | 30 | 52 |
o1u003red: Was Participant's depression caused by physical illness?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u868n_p
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 671 | 826 | 1497 | |
1 | YES | 28 | 32 | 60 |
2 | NO | 0 | 2 | 2 |
o1u004re: Since last interview what age was Participant when they experienced the worst, particularly bad, or the most recent period of depression?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u868, x_868m, x_u868s
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 3 | 7 | 10 |
25 - 67 | 24 | 33 | 57 | |
68 - 72 | 23 | 42 | 65 | |
73 - 76 | 19 | 40 | 59 | |
77 - 81 | 17 | 41 | 58 | |
82 - 93 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
o1u006re: Since last interview during Participant's worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did Participant 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: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u870a
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 3 | 3 |
1 | YES | 35 | 57 | 92 |
2 | NO | 65 | 120 | 185 |
o1u007re: Since last interview during Participant's worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did Participant have two weeks or more when nearly every night they had trouble falling asleep?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u870b
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
1 | YES | 44 | 94 | 138 |
2 | NO | 56 | 86 | 142 |
o1u008re: Since last interview during Participant's worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did Participant have two weeks or more when they lacked energy or felt tired all the time, even when they had not been working very hard?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u870c
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 | YES | 71 | 137 | 208 |
2 | NO | 29 | 42 | 71 |
o1u009re: Since last interview during Participant's worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did Participant have two weeks or more when they felt very bad when waking up, but felt better later in the day?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u870d
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1 | YES | 59 | 105 | 164 |
2 | NO | 40 | 74 | 114 |
o1u010re: Since last interview during Participant's worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did Participant have two weeks or more when they lost interest in most things like work, hobbies, or things they usually liked to do for fun?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u870e
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 2 | 3 |
1 | YES | 65 | 114 | 179 |
2 | NO | 34 | 64 | 98 |
o1u011re: Since last interview during Participant's worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did Participant have two weeks or more when nearly every day they had a lot more trouble concentrating than is normal?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u870f
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1 | YES | 50 | 106 | 156 |
2 | NO | 50 | 73 | 123 |
o1u012re: Since last interview during Participant's worst, particularly bad, or most recent episode of depression, did Participant have two weeks or more when they thought a lot about death - either their own, someone else, or death in general?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: x_u870g
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1 | YES | 50 | 106 | 156 |
2 | NO | 50 | 72 | 122 |
o1u024re: Count of Participant's depression symptoms.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2020
Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: O1U006re, O1U007re, O1U008re, O1U009re, O1U010re, O1U011re, O1U012re
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 3738 | 3481 | 7219 |
-2 | 599 | 680 | 1279 | |
0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | |
2 | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
3 | 16 | 30 | 46 | |
4 | 19 | 29 | 48 | |
5 | 16 | 43 | 59 | |
6 | 16 | 26 | 42 | |
7 | 4 | 13 | 17 |