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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';

select Inter_dom, count(Inter_dom) as count_inter_dom
from 'students.csv'
group by inter_dom
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df1
variable
-- Query for inter_dom students
SELECT *
FROM 'students.csv'
WHERE inter_dom = 'Inter';

-- Query for domestic students
SELECT *
FROM 'students.csv'
WHERE inter_dom = 'Dom';

-- Query for students with unknown status
SELECT *
FROM 'students.csv'
WHERE inter_dom IS NULL;
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DataFrameas
df2
variable
--summary statistics of depression (PHQ-9 test)

select inter_dom,max(todep), min(todep), round(avg(todep),2) as average_phq
from 'students.csv'
group by inter_dom
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df3
variable
--summary statistics social connectedness (PHQ-9 test)

select inter_dom,max(tosc), min(tosc), round(avg(tosc),2) as average_scs
from 'students.csv'
group by inter_dom
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df4
variable
--summary statistics of acculturative stress (PHQ-9 test)

select inter_dom,round(max(toas),2), round(min(toas),2), round(avg(toas),2) as average_as
from 'students.csv'
group by inter_dom
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df5
variable
-- Find the average scores by length of stay for international students, and view them in descending order
SELECT stay, 
       ROUND(AVG(todep), 2) AS average_phq, 
       ROUND(AVG(tosc), 2) AS average_scs, 
       ROUND(AVG(toas), 2) AS average_as
FROM 'students.csv'
WHERE inter_dom = 'Inter'
GROUP BY stay
ORDER BY stay DESC;