Depression 2002

The data contain the structured parts of a reader survey conducted in 2002 by the weekly supplement NYT of the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The survey studied depression in Finland and invited those readers of NYT who suffer from depression to participate. The number of respondents was 1019 and 73% were female. Most respondents were young people. Questions covered the physical symptoms of depression and what respondents had felt when they first realized they suffered from depression. Visits to doctors, treatment received and sick leaves were charted. The survey also asked which things respondents were able to enjoy when depressed and what could have helped ease their depression (with respondents choosing their answers from a list). Background variables included respondents' age, sex, occupation, type of employment contract, marital status and whether respondents had any children.

本数据集包含了2002年由《赫尔辛基日报》的周刊增刊《纽约时报》所进行的读者调查的有结构化部分。该调查旨在研究芬兰的抑郁情况，并邀请遭受抑郁的《纽约时报》读者参与。受访者总数为1019人，其中73%为女性。大多数受访者均为年轻人。调查内容涵盖了抑郁的生理症状以及受访者首次意识到自己患有抑郁时的感受。对医生的访问、接受的诊疗以及病假情况均被详细记录。此外，调查还询问了受访者抑郁时能够享受的事物以及可能有助于缓解其抑郁情绪的因素（受访者从提供的列表中选择答案）。背景变量包括受访者的年龄、性别、职业、就业合同类型、婚姻状况以及受访者是否有子女。