Codebook for the depression study data (Depress.txt) Variable Variable Name Coding Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ID 1 to 294 Identification number SEX 1 = Male Gender of participant 2 = Female AGE Continuous Age in years at last birthday MARITAL 1 = Never married Marital status 2 = Married 3 = Divorced 4 = Separated 5 = Widowed 6 = Missing EDUCAT 1 = Less than high school Education 2 = Some high school 3 = Finished high school 4 = Some college 5 = Finished bachelor's degree 6 = Finished master's degree 7 = Finished doctorate EMPLOY 1 = Full time Employment Status 2 = Part time 3 = Unemployed 4 = Retired 5 = Houseperson 6 = In school 7 = Other INCOME Continuous Income in thousands of dollars per year RELIG 1 = Protestant Religion 2 = Catholic 3 = Jewish 4 = None 5 = Other C1--C20 0 = Rarely or none of the `Please look at this card and tell me time (less than 1 day) the number that best describes how 1 = Some or a little of often you felt or behaved this way the time (1 or 2 days) during the past week'. 20 items from 2 = Occasionally or a depression scale (already reflected; moderate amount of the see text Chapter 3) time (3 or 4 days) 3 = Most or all of the time (5 to 7 days) CESD Continuous Sum of C1--20 0 = lowest level possible 60 = highest level possible CASES 0 = Normal 1 = Depressed, where depressed is CESD>=16 DRINK 1 = Yes Regular drinker? 2 = No HEALTH 1 = Excellent General health? 2 = Good 3 = Fair 4 = Poor REGDOC 1 = Yes Have a regular doctor? 2 = No TREAT 1 = Yes Has a doctor prescribed or recommended 2 = No that you take medicine, medical treatments, or change your way of living in such areas as smoking, special diet, exercise, or drinking? BEDDAYS 1 = Yes Spent entire day(s) in bed in last 0 = No two months? ACUTEILL 1 = Yes Any acute illness in last two months? 0 = No CHRONILL 1 = Yes Any chronic illness in last year? 0 = No