Pakistan Women's Health Data Deidentified.xlsx

This study was done in a highly affluent residential sector of Islamabad, Pakistan in order to assess the prevalence of depression and understand if an association exists between barriers to healthcare access and mental illness. Between May and June 2016, an anonymous, cross-sectional study was carried out amongst women above age 18 living in the I-8 sector of Islamabad with the help of 18 key informants. Convenience sampling was used due to significant security restrictions present. The survey was based off the Pakistan Demographic Health Survey, and included the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CESD) scale. The study instrument was then translated into Urdu, pre-tested before administration, and distributed in both Urdu and English. Data was cleaned and analyzed using Microsoft Excel and Stata 14. Overall, 103 women filled out the overall survey of which 88.3% filled out the CESD scale.<br><br>Question numbers on the end of variable names are corresponding to the survey question numbers. <br>