Glasgow: Glasgow secondary school students.

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Glasgow secondary school students.

Description

The data belong to the older of the two student cohorts in the 'Teenage Friends and Lifestyle Study', which were followed over their second, third and fourth year at a secondary school in Glasgow. The study was funded by the chief scientist office of the scottish home and health department under their smoking initiative (grant k/opr/17/8), and was executed by lynn michell and patrick west of the medical research council / medical sociology unit, university of Glasgow. The data have been joined and simplified for practicing purposes.

Usage

Glasgow

Format

A data frame with thirteen variables:

student

respondent ID, as a character string

age

respondent age, in years with one decimal digit

sex

respondent sex, boy or girl

smoking_at_home

any smokers at home, yes or no

smoking_parents

smoking by at least one parent, yes or no

smoking_siblings

smoking by at least one sibling, yes or no

wave

time of observation, starting in February 1995, when the pupils were aged 13, and ending in January 1997

alcohol

respondent alcohol consumption: 1 (none), 2 (once or twice a year), 3 (once a month), 4 (once a week) and 5 (more than once a week)

cannabis

respondent cannabis consumption: 1 (none), 2 (tried once), 3 (occasional) and 4 (regular)

tobacco

respondent tobacco consumption: 1 (none), 2 (occasional) and 3 (regular, i.e. more than once per week)

money

respondent's pocket money per month, in British pounds

romantic

whether the student had a romantic relation, yes or no

friendships

number of friendship nominations received by other respondents

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