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Psychological distress among U.S. adults in 2015, by sexual orientation and gender
Percentage of U.S. adults that experienced serious psychological distress in the past 30 days as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender
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This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that experienced serious psychological distress within the past 30 days as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender. According to the data, among straight women, about 4 percent had experienced serious psychological distress within the past 30 days.
Percentage of U.S. adults that experienced serious psychological distress in the past 30 days as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Nov 2, 2016
This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that experienced serious psychological distress within the past 30 days as of 2015, by sexual orientation and gender. According to the data, among straight women, about 4 percent had experienced serious psychological distress within the past 30 days.
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- November 2016
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- United States
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- 2015
- Number of respondents
- 232,324 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
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- Six questions ask how often during the past 30 days a respondent experienced certain symptoms of psychological distress: feeling so sad that nothing could cheer you up, nervous, restless or fidgety, hopeless, worthless, that everything was an effort. The response codes (0-4) of the six items were summed to yield a scale with a 0-24 range. A value of 13 or more for this scale is used here to define serious psychological distress.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2015
- Number of respondents
- 232,324 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Supplementary notes
- Six questions ask how often during the past 30 days a respondent experienced certain symptoms of psychological distress: feeling so sad that nothing could cheer you up, nervous, restless or fidgety, hopeless, worthless, that everything was an effort. The response codes (0-4) of the six items were summed to yield a scale with a 0-24 range. A value of 13 or more for this scale is used here to define serious psychological distress.
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