This data was taken from the National Longitudinal Study
of Adolescent Health. It is a cross-sectional sample
of participants from grades 7--12,
described and analyzed by Warne (2014).
Usage
data("AddHealth")
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 4344 observations on the following 3 variables.
grade
an ordered factor with levels 7 < 8 < 9 < 10 < 11 < 12
depression
a numeric vector
anxiety
a numeric vector
Details
depression is the response to the question
"In the last month, how often did you feel depressed or blue?"
anxiety is the response to the question
"In the last month, how often did you have trouble relaxing?"
The responses for depression and anxiety were recorded on a
5-point Likert scale, with
categories
0="Never", 1="Rarely", 2="Occasionally", 3="Often", 4="Every day"