Treatment for downheartedness improve quality of life

downqol

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question As you know, when people go to doctors, they may hold different expectations of what should result from their treatment. I'm going to describe a health problem. Please tell me how much you, yourself, would expect to get each of the following: A. Say you went to treatment because you feel downhearted and blue and this interferes with your social activities (like visiting friends, relatives, etc.) Would you definitely expect, probably expect, probably not expect, or definitely not expect your overall quality of life to improve?

Values

[1] definitely expect
[2] probably expect
[3] probably not expect
[4] definitely not expect
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A	2000

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for downqol.

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely expect	probably expect	probably not expect	definitely not expect	don't know	no answer	Total
2000	2362	120	194	75	22	20	24	2817
Total	2362	120	194	75	22	20	24	2817