#datamanagementproject

I chose the NESARC Codebook to work with for this assignment because I am interested in mental health and personally, I recently decided to be completely sober, so I am curious what effects alcohol abuse in the family dynamic have on the mental health of Americans.

Questions:

Is a family history of alcoholism associated with alcohol addiction?

1a. Is alcohol abuse/dependence associated with major depression?

Variables I used:

DID NOT SEEK HELP BECAUSE TRIED GETTING HELP BEFORE AND IT DIDN'T WORK

BLOOD/NATURAL FATHER EVER AN ALCOHOLIC OR PROBLEM DRINKER

BLOOD/NATURAL MOTHER EVER AN ALCOHOLIC OR PROBLEM DRINKER

ANY FULL BROTHERS EVER ALCOHOLICS OR PROBLEM DRINKERS

ANY FULL SISTERS EVER ALCOHOLICS OR PROBLEM DRINKERS

EVER HAD 2-WEEK PERIOD WHEN DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THINGS USUALLY CARED ABOUT

MOVED/TALKED MUCH MORE SLOWLY THAN USUAL MOST DAYS FOR 2+ WEEKS

BECAME SO RESTLESS THAT FELT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR 2+ WEEKS

FELT WORTHLESS MOST OF THE TIME FOR 2+ WEEKS

FELT GUILTY ABOUT THINGS WOULDN'T NORMALLY FEEL GUILTY ABOUT 2+ WEEKS

HAD TROUBLE CONCENTRATING/KEEPING MIND ON THINGS MOST DAYS FOR 2+ WEEKS

HAD ARGUMENTS/FRICTION WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, PEOPLE AT WORK, OR ANYONE ELSE

HAD TROUBLE DOING THINGS SUPPOSED TO DO--LIKE WORKING, DOING SCHOOLWORK, OR TAKING CARE OF HOME/FAMILY

ANY EPISODE BEGAN AFTER DRINKING HEAVILY/MORE THAN USUAL

ANY EPISODE BEGAN WHEN EXPERIENCING BAD AFTEREFFECTS OF DRINKING

CONTINUED TO FEEL SAD FOR 1+ MONTHS AFTER STOPPED DRINKING/DRUG USE AFTER ONLY/ANY EPISODE IN LAST 12 MONTHS (BASED ON S4AQ15B IF ONLY 1 EPISODE)

ONLY/ALL EPISODE(S) PRIOR TO LAST 12 MONTHS BEGAN AFTER DRINKING/DRUG USE

AGE AT FIRST TIME SOUGHT HELP

Literature References I used:

Family history of alcoholism and gender: their combined effects on DSM-IV alcohol dependence and major depression.

This abstract by D. A. Dawson and B. F. Grant details the findings of a study conducted to find out whether a family history of alcohol abuse caused comorbid dependence, major depression or both more so in men or in women.

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Alcoholic Parents, and Later Risk of Alcoholism and Depression

This article by Robert F. Anda, M.D., M.S., Charles L. Whitfield, M.D., Vincent J. Felitti, M.D., Daniel Chapman, Ph.D., Valerie J. Edwards, Ph.D., Shanta R. Dube, M.P.H., and David F. Williamson, Ph.D. explores the associations between parental alcohol abuse and depression in adulthood via a survey that focused on the variables of experiencing childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; witnessing domestic violence; parental separation or divorce; and growing up with drug-abusing, mentally ill, suicidal, or criminal household members.

Hypothesis:

The project will be developed using the data from Gap Minder data set. 

After download it, I have checked and decided to evaluate the correlation between the Urban Rate of a certain country and the value of the Income per person, using the following question:

Is there a relation between the income per person with the urban rate of the countries in the data set?

The hypothesis tested with this question is:

Countries with less people in rural places has higher income, high number of wealthy people and maybe a higher life expectancy.

To confirm the hypothesis I have checked the data set using the following variables:

incomeperperson

urbanrate

lifeexpectancy

To enrich our research and check how industrial or urban the country is the variables below will be also checked:

co2emissions

internetuserate

Also to confirm it, the references found in Google Scholar below will be considered:

A people-centred approach to reducing poverty

Rakodi, Carole. Urban livelihoods: A people-centred approach to reducing poverty. Routledge, 2014.

Green space, urbanity, and health: how strong is the relation?

Maas, Jolanda, et al. "Green space, urbanity, and health: how strong is the relation?." Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 60.7 (2006): 587-592.

Hope this research can find any helpful information.

Thanks,