Prevalence and extent of depression symptoms among adolescents in Norway measured through the Likert scale. Respondents were inquired to answer the following question: “Have you during the past week been bothered by any of this: Have you felt unhappy, sad or depressed?” | |||||
Gender | Not at all | Very little | Somewhat | To a great extent | Total |
Male | 13,383 (60.17) | 6013 (27.03) | 1905 (8.56) | 942 (4.24) | 22,243 (100) |
Female | 7806 (35.23) | 7441 (33.58) | 4104 (18.52) | 2805 (12.66) | 22,156 (100) |
Total | 21,189 (47.72) | 13,454 (30.30) | 6009 (13.53) | 3747 (8.44) | 44,399 (100) |