Table 1 Respondents Age Age Under 18 18-20 21-23 24-26 27-29 30-32 33-35 36 and older Frequency 5 62 24 3 2 2 0 2 Percent

5.0% 62.0% 24.0% 3.0% 2.0% 2.0% 0% 2.0%

Table 2 Respondents Gender Sex Female Male Frequency 61 39 Percent 61.0% 39.0%

Table 3 Respondents Classification Classification Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Student Vet School Frequency 25 38 20 10 7 0 Percent 25% 38% 20% 10% 7% 0%

Table 4 What is your grade point average? G.P.A 3.5-4.0 3.4-2.5 2.4-2.0 1.9-1.0 Below 1.0 Frequency 24 53 21 2 0 Percent 24.0% 53.0% 21.0% 2.0% 0%

Table 5 I have experienced restlessness, fatigue, or lack of motivation at school. Response Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Frequency 29 50 17 4 Percent 29.0% 50.0% 17.0% 4.0%

Table 6 What type of education does your mother have? Response Less than high school Some high school High school graduate Some college College graduate Some graduate school Completed graduate school Frequency 7 10 18 25 22 3 15 Percent 7.0% 10.0% 18.0% 25.0% 22.0% 3.0% 15.0%

Table 7 How often do you think you academic major causes you to stress? Response Not often Every so often Moderate Often Very often Frequency 7 12 40 28 13 Percent 7.0% 12.0% 40.0% 28.0% 13.0%

Table 8 How often do you go home while attending school? Response Never Everyday 1-3 times a week More than three times a week 1-3 times a month More than 3 times a month Once or twice Every so often Frequency 17 8 3 5 Percent 17.0% 8.0% 3.0% 5.0%

18 5

18.0% 5.0%

44

44.0%

Table 9 Did your parents or guardian make you pick the major you are in? Response Yes No Frequency 6 94 Percent 6.0% 94.0%

Table 10 Overall, how likely do you think you will complete college? Response Very unlikely Unlikely Likely Very unlikely Frequency 2 15 82 1 Table 11 What type of education does your father have? Response Less than high school Some high school High school graduate Some college College graduate Some graduate school Completed graduate school Frequency 4 8 27 29 21 2 9 Percent 4% 8% 27% 29% 21% 2% 9% Percent 2% 15% 82% 1%

Table 12 Do you have a job or work study? Response Yes No Frequency 49 51 Percent 49% 51%

Table 13 I have experienced constant anxiety, or vague fear about my future. Response Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Frequency 15 39 39 7 Percent 15% 39% 39% 7%

Table 14 How much weight have you loss sinced being in college? Response none 1-10 lbs 10-20 lbs 20-30 lbs 30-40 lbs 40-50 lbs Frequency 37 28 21 11 2 1 Percent 37% 28% 21% 11% 2% 1%

Table 15 How often do you feel overwhelmed by school work? Response Not often Every so often Moderate Often Very often Frequency 3 14 36 36 11 Percent 3% 14% 36% 36% 11%

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Age Of Respondents Student Classification Of Respondents Gender Of Respondents Likeliness of Respondents Completing College How Often Respondents Experience Restlessness, Fatigue, or Lack Of Motivation At School How Often Do Respondents Go Home While Attending School? What Problems Do The Respondents Have Back At Home? Type Of Education Respondents Mother Have How Often Respondents Experience Restlessness, Fatigue, or Lack Of Motivation At School by Likeliness of Respondents Completing College How Often Respondents Experience Restlessness, Fatigue, or Lack Of Motivation At School by Likeliness of Respondents Completing College by Gender Of Respondents Likeliness of Respondents Completing College by Student Classification Likeliness of Respondents Completing College by Student Classification by Type Of Education Respondents Mother Have How Often Do Respondents Go Home While Attending School by Age Of Respondents

Univariate Graph 6 Univariate Graph 7 Univariate Graph 8 Bivariate Graph 1

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Graphs:

Among the respondents who completed the survey, there were several age ranges in which each respondent were categorized in. The age ranges in which the respondents were categorized in were, under 18, 18-20, 21-23, 24-26, 27-29, 30-32, and 36 and older. Majority of the respondents (62%), who completed the survey were in the age range of 18-20 years of age. Aside from the 62% of respondents who were in the age range of 18-20, there were 24% of respondents who were in the age range of 21-23 years of age. There were 5% of respondents who fell in the category of under 18, 3% of respondents were in the age range of 24-26, and the remainder of the respondents fell in the categories of 27-29, 30-32, and 36 and older with 2% each.

The pie chart above displays the different classifications that the student respondents were categorized by. The six categories in which the respondents were in were Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, and Vet School. Among the respondents, 25% of the student respondents were freshman but a vast majority of the respondents were sophomores, with 38%. The 20% of juniors outnumbered the percentage of respondents who were seniors (10%), graduate students (7%), and Vet School Students (0%). The classification of the student respondents may play a major role in the survey because it will show the maturity level that the respondents have when dealing with stress. Several college students deal with stress differently due to their maturity level which can be identified by their classification and their age.

There were several students who partook in the Depression among College Students Survey. Among the respondents who partook in the survey, there were 61% of students who were female and 39% of students who were male. The attitudes of males and females may be contrary to one another. The issues and the ways that the individuals (both male and female) handle the issues that they are faced with may differ as well. The reason why there are more females who partook on the survey is because males are not likely to express their feelings about being stressed. Females are more open to sharing how they feel and their attitudes about the variety of issues that they face as college students.

The graph above displays the attitudes of the respondents about completing college. This graph is very important because the attitudes of the respondents about completing college will determine the amount of college students who will most likely drop out of college before they graduate. There were 2% of student respondents who expressed in the survey that it is very unlikely that they will complete college. The percentage of respondents who expressed that it is likely that they will complete college was 82%, which was more that the number of respondents who expressed that it is very likely that they will complete college (1%). Some respondents did not respond to this question. The reason why some respondents did not answer this question is because they may have not felt comfortable with expressing their future choices in reference to dropping out of college. College students may feel very overwhelmed by the school work that causes them stress or the issues that they face back at home that causes them stress.

The entire survey was dedicated to college students. There were four categories of grade point averages that respondents placed themselves in by their response. According to the responses, there was a total of 53% of respondents whose grade point average fell in the category of 3.4-2.5. The grade point average category that followed the 3.4-2.5 category was the 24% of respondents whose grade point averages were between 3.5 and 4.0. Last but not least, the graph displays the grade point averages of the respondents that fell in the category of 2.4-2.0 and 1% of respondents whose grade point average was in the category of 1.9-1.0. The grade point average of the student respondents is important because it may represent how depression plays a major role on a college students academics.

The education level of a college students mother is conducive to the survey because it plays a role in the respondents attitude about how important being in college, and/or completing college. A larger percent of respondents mother has an education level of completing some college with a total percentage of 25%. There were only 15% of respondents whose mother received a Masters or PHD after completing graduate school. To my surprise, there were only 18% of respondents whose mother graduated from high school, 10% whose mother completed some of high school, and only 7% whose mother had less than a high school degree. There were 22% of respondents whose mother graduated from college and 3% of student respondents whose mother completed some graduate school. The level of education that a parent receive(s) is vital to the college student respondent completing college and the level of education that they will achieve.

Within the survey Depression among College Students, respondents were asked how often they go home while attending school. The respondents response to this particular question was imperative to the research conducted. The amount of times a student goes home while attending school has an effect on the level of concentration that the student withholds while in college. A larger percentage of respondents go home once or twice every so often with a percentage of 44%. A total of 18% of respondents go home 1-3 times a month while attending school, while only 5% of respondents who go home more than three times a month and 5% go home more than three times a week. The percentage of respondents who never go home was 17%, respondents who go home every day was rated 8%, but only 3% of respondents go home one to three times a week. There are a variety of distractions that college students face and going home while attending college is

one of many. If a student goes home very often while attending school, they may be more likely to experience stress in result to them not being as focused on their academics as they should.

There are various problems that college students face. Some of the problems that students face are pregnancy, financial lack, caring for parents, caring for siblings, caring for their own child, relationship with significant other, or no problems at all. The respondents who have financial lack as a problem back at home accounts for 40% of the total respondents. This amount was greater than all of the other problems. Financial lack was probably the largest percentage because college fees are on the rise every year. The second highest percentage was no problems back at home with 28%. A total of 11% of respondents expressed that their problems were caring for parents, 5% caring for siblings, 5% of respondents had relationship problems with heir significant other, and 6% accounted for caring for their child.

The graph above reflects the respondents attitude about completing college by their student classification. The attitude of a respondent fell in the categories of unlikely, likely, and very unlikely. There were some missing responses, maybe because some individuals who did not want to reveal whether or not they are thinking about dropping out of college. In the category response of very likely, there were 72% freshman, 82% sophomores, 95% juniors, 90% seniors and 71% Graduate students. All of these respondents expressed that they will definitely complete college. A college students classification plays a major role in the students attitude about completing college. When a college student is in a higher classification, they may be more likely to complete college because of how far in their major they have come.

The graph above displays the percentage rate for the amount of students who go home while attending school, by their age range. Without a doubt, a larger percentage of students who are between the age ranges of 24-26 go home while attending college. These particular students accounted for 29.33% of the respondents who partook in the survey, while the students who are in the age range of 18-20, accounted for only 18.33% of the survey respondents. This is important because the age range in which a student is in may determine whether they live on their own or on campus. The age ranges in which individuals go home while attending school may also identify where their problems outside of school come from. Furthermore, among the respondents who go home the least were in the age ranges of under 18, and 36 and older. There were4.33% of respondents who were in the category of under 18 years of age and 14.66% of respondents who were in the age ranges of 30-32. As for the age range of 21-23, there were12.1%, and in the age range of 27-29 there were 12.1% of respondents as well.

There were 75% of female respondents who expressed that they strongly agree to experiencing restlessness, fatigue, and lack of motivation while attending school. Only 25% of male respondents expressed that they have experienced restlessness, fatigue, and lack of motivation while attending school. In every category, females agreed or disagreed to experiencing restlessness, fatigue, and lack of motivation while attending school. Some males may think that they can handle feeling down at times; however, females may be quick to become stress than males. Knowing whether a student experiences restlessness, fatigue, and lack of motivation while attending school is important because these particular symptoms indicate that students are on the verge of depression.

The bar graph above displays the relationship between college students experiencing restlessness, fatigue, or lack of motivation by their overall likeliness of completing college by their gender. When a college student experiences these symptoms, it is more likely that they will contemplate whether or not they should complete college. However, as previously stated, the respondents gender also plays a major role in the decision to complete college and the way that the individual handles stress. In the graph above, it shows that 66% of female and 34% of male respondents stated that they agree that they are experiencing restlessness, fatigue, or lack of motivation while attending school. Only 47.1% of female respondents disagreed, while 52.9% of male respondents disagreed to feeling this way.

The bar graph above shows the likeliness of respondents completing college by students classification by type of education the respondents mother have. These categories that are shown in the graph are important because each one is correlated with one another. There were 33% of the respondents who were freshman that expressed that they are likely to complete college based on the education that their mother have. In the sophomore category, 40% of the respondents sided with the likely side. Among juniors and seniors, 6.7% of respondents for each fell in the likely category as well. There were 13.3% of graduate students who stated that it is likely that they would complete college, based upon their mothers education level.