dyouth: Depression in adolescents

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Depression in adolescents

Description

The number of seriously emotionally disturbed and learning disabled adolescents and their reported depression levels.

Usage

data(dyouth)

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 5 variables.

Obs

the number of observed adolescents in the given category; a numeric vector

Age

the age group; a factor with levels 12-14, 15-16 and 17-18

Group

the group; a factor with levels LD (learning disabled) and SED (serious emotionally disturbed)

Gender

the gender; a factor with levels F (female) and M (male)

Depression

the depression level; a factor with levels H (high) and L (low)

Details

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.

Source

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

References

D. J. Hand, F. Daly, A. D. Lunn, K. J. McConway, and E. Ostrowski (1994) A Handbook of Small Data Sets, London: Chapman and Hall.

Examples

data(dyouth)
summary(dyouth)

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