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Does going to university in a different country affect your mental health? A Japanese international university surveyed its students in 2018 and published a study the following year that was approved by several ethical and regulatory boards.

The study found that international students have a higher risk of mental health difficulties than the general population, and that social connectedness (belonging to a social group) and acculturative stress (stress associated with joining a new culture) are predictive of depression.

Explore the students data using PostgreSQL to find out if you would come to a similar conclusion for international students and see if the length of stay is a contributing factor.

Here is a data description of the columns you may find helpful.

Field NameDescription
inter_domTypes of students (international or domestic)
japanese_cateJapanese language proficiency
english_cateEnglish language proficiency
academicCurrent academic level (undergraduate or graduate)
ageCurrent age of student
stayCurrent length of stay in years
todepTotal score of depression (PHQ-9 test)
toscTotal score of social connectedness (SCS test)
toasTotal score of acculturative stress (ASISS test)
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students
variable
-- Run this code to save the CSV file as students
SELECT * 
FROM 'students.csv';
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df
variable
-- Start coding here...
select count(*) as total_records
from 'students.csv';
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DataFrameas
df1
variable
select inter_dom, count(inter_dom) as count_inter_dom
from 'students.csv'
group by inter_dom
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DataFrameas
df2
variable
select *
from 'students.csv'
where inter_dom='Inter'
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DataFrameas
df3
variable
select *
from 'students.csv'
where inter_dom='Dom'
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DataFrameas
df4
variable
select *
from 'students.csv'
where inter_dom is null
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DataFrameas
df5
variable
select min(todep) as min_depscore_Allstudents
from 'students.csv'
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df6
variable
select max(todep) as max_Depscore_allstudents
from 'students.csv'
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df7
variable
select avg(todep) as avg_depscore_allstudents
from 'students.csv'
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df8
variable
select min(tosc) as min_Socialscore_Alstudents
from 'students.csv'
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df9
variable
select max(tosc) as max_socialscore_Allstduents
from 'students.csv'
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DataFrameas
df10
variable
select avg(tosc) as avg_Socialscore_allstduents
from 'students.csv'