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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.

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DataFrameas
students
variable
-- Run this code to view the data in students
SELECT * 
FROM students;
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DataFrameas
df
variable
SELECT stay, COUNT(*) AS count_int, 
			 ROUND(AVG(todep), 2) AS average_phq, 
			 ROUND(AVG(tosc), 2) AS average_scs, 
			 ROUND(AVG(toas), 2)average_as
FROM students
WHERE inter_dom = 'Inter'
GROUP BY stay
ORDER BY stay DESC;