Datasets for Statistical Analysis

Depression in learning disabled and emotionally disturbed adolescents

Keywords:

depression, adolescents

Categories:

generalized linear models;
health

Description:

The data come from a study of seriously emotionally disturbed and learning disabled adolescents and their reported depression levels. The adolescents were classified by age and gender and their depression levels.

There are 24 observations on five variables.

Variables:

Obs	The number of observed adolescents in the given category.
Age	The age group: A (12 to 14), B (15 to 16) or C (17 to 18).
Group	Either LD (learning disabled) or SED (seriously emotionally disturbed).
Gender	Either M (Male) or F (Female).
Depression	Either H (High) or L (Low).

Data Quality:

There are no missing values.

Source:

Maag, J. W. and Behrens, J. T. (1989). "Epidemiologic data on seriously emotionally disturbed and learning disabled adolescents: reporting extreme depressive sympomatology" in Behavioral Disorders, 15(1).

Notes:

References:

The data also appear in Hand et al, p237.