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)