NLSYlong: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data
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NLSYlong

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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data

Description

Longitudinal dataset in long format deriving from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth with information about 581 individuals followed from 1990 to 1994.

Usage

data(NLSYlong)

Format

A data frame with 1743 observations on the following 12 variables.

momage: mother's age at birth.
gender: 0 if male, 1 if female.
childage: child's age at first interview.
hispanic: 1 if child is Hispanic, 0 if not.
black: 1 if child is black, 0 if not.
momwork: 1 if mother works, 0 if not.
married: 1 if parents are married, 0 if not.
time: occasion of observation.
anti: a measure of antisocial behavior measured on a scale from 0 to 6.
self: a measure of self-esteem measured on a scale from 6 to 24.
pov: a time varying variable assuming value 1 if family is in poverty, 0 if not.
id: subject id.