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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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DataFrameas
df3
variable
-- Total Number of Record 
SELECT COUNT(*) AS total_records 
FROM students
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DataFrameas
df4
variable
-- Total Number of Students  
SELECT COUNT(inter_dom) AS count_inter_dom
FROM students
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DataFrameas
df
variable
-- International Students 
SELECT * 
FROM students
WHERE inter_dom = 'Inter'
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DataFrameas
df1
variable
-- Domestic Students 
SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE inter_dom = 'Dom'
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DataFrameas
df2
variable
-- Students with unknown status 
SELECT *
FROM students
WHERE inter_dom IS NULL 
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DataFrameas
df5
variable
-- Minimum depression score 
SELECT MIN(todep) AS min_phq
FROM students
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DataFrameas
df6
variable
-- Maximum depression score 
SELECT MAX(todep) AS max_phq
FROM students
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DataFrameas
df7
variable
-- Average depression score 
SELECT AVG(todep) AS avg_phq
FROM students
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DataFrameas
df8
variable
-- Minimum social connectedness score 
SELECT MIN(tosc) min_scs
FROM students
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DataFrameas
df9
variable
-- Maximum social connectedness score 
SELECT MAX(tosc) AS max_scs
FROM students
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df10
variable
-- Average social connectedness score 
SELECT AVG(tosc) AS avg_scs 
FROM students