Will take medicine because feeling depressed

usepsyc3

Source

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

Details

Question How likely would you be to take doctor-prescribed psychiatric medication in the following situations? C. ...because you were feeling depressed, tired, were having trouble sleeping and concentrating, and felt worthless.

Values

[1] very likely
[2] somewhat likely
[3] mixed
[4] somewht unlikely
[5] very unlikely
[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/B/C	1998, 2006

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for usepsyc3.

Counts by year:

year	iap	very likely	somewhat likely	mixed	somewht unlikely	very unlikely	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1998	1445	210	341	177	227	379	50	3	-	2832
2006	3073	275	413	199	202	301	34	13	-	4510
Total	4518	485	754	376	429	680	84	16	0	7342