PASeniors: Pennsylvania High School Seniors (2023-2024)
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PASeniors

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Pennsylvania High School Seniors (2023-2024)

Description

Information on a sample of high school seniors from the state of Pennsylvania between 2023 and 2024.

Format

A data frame with 500 observations on the following 35 variables.

Year: Year student submitted data (2023 or 2024)
Gender: Female or Male
Age: Age (in years)
Hand: Dominant hand (Left, Right, or Both)
Height: Height (in cm)
Foot: Foot length (in cm)
Armspan: Armspan (in cm)
Languages: Languages spoken
GetToSchool: Main mode of transportation to school (Bus, Car, or Walk - Walk includes bicycle)
TravelTime: Travel time to school (in minutes)
ReactionTime: Time (in seconds) to click when a color changes
MemoryScore: Score in an online memory game
Activity: Favorite physical activity
Music: Favorite genre of music
BirthMonth: Birth month
Season: Favorite season
Allergies: Have allergies? (No or Yes)
Vegetarian: Vegetarian? (No or Yes)
FavFood: Favorite food
FavDrink: Beverage used most often during the day
FavSubject: Favorite subject in school
Sleep1: Typical hours of sleep on a school night
Sleep2: Typical hours of sleep on a non-school night
Occupants: Number of occupants at home
Communicate: Most often method to communicate with friends
TextsSent: Number of texts sent (previous day)
HangHours: Hours last week spent hanging out with friends
HWHours: Hours last week spent doing homework
VideoGameHours: Hours last week spent playing computer/video games
ComputerHours: Hours last week spent using a computer
TVHours: Hours last week spent watching TV
WorkHours: Hours last week spent working at a paid job
SchoolPressure: Amount of pressure due to schoolwork
Superpower: Most desired superpower (Fly, Freeze time, Invisibility, Super strength, or Telepathy)
Preference: Prefers to be Famous, Happy, Healthy, or Rich

Details

The dataset gives responses for a random sample of high school seniors in Pennsylvania who participated in the Census at Schools project in 2023 and 2024.
** Updated for 4e (earlier version with seniors from 2010-2019 is now in PASeniors2019) **

Source

Data from U.S. Census at School (https://ww2.amstat.org/censusatschool/) downloaded and used with the permission of the American Statistical Association.

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