AHRI UZIMA Pilot Study:Adolescent Mental Health Data (25% Random Sample)

South Africa, 2012 - 2022

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Dr. Nondumiso Mthiyane, Prof. Amina Abubakar

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Jun 30, 2025

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Data file: harmonised_mhdata_witsvida

Overview

Valid: 3138

Invalid: 450

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 14

Mean: 3.608

Standard deviation: 3.818

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 10

Range: 0 - 14

Format: Numeric

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mv_ment_health01 : In the past 7 days: Did you have times in which you were thinking deeply or thinking about many things mv_ment_health02 : Did you find yourself sometimes failing to concentrate? mv_ment_health03 : Did you lose your temper or get annoyed over trivial matters? mv_ment_health04 : Did you have nightmares or bad dreams? mv_ment_health05 : Did you sometimes see or hear things which others could not see or hear? mv_ment_health06 : Was your stomach aching? mv_ment_health07 : Were you frightened by trivial things? mv_ment_health08 : Did you sometimes fail to sleep or lose sleep? mv_ment_health09 : Were there moments when you felt life was so tough that you cried or wanted to cry mv_ment_health10 : Did you feel run down (tired)? mv_ment_health11 : Did you at times feel like committing suicide? mv_ment_health12 : Were you generally unhappy with things you were doing each day? mv_ment_health13 : Was your work/school lagging behind? mv_ment_health14 : Did you feel you had problems in deciding what to do?

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