cps4: cps4 Data
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Obs: 4838 observations

1	data("cps4")

A data frame with 4838 observations on the following 21 variables.

wage: earnings per hour
educ: years of education
exper: post education years experience
fulltime: = 1 if employed full time
hrswk: usual hours worked per week
nkids: number of children living with
age: age in years
married: = 1 if married
female: = 1 if female
insurance: = 1 if covered by health insurance
private: = 1 if private insurance covered
mcaid: = 1 if Medicaid covered insurance
mcare: = 1 if Medicare covered insurance
metro: = 1 if lives in metropolitan area
northeast: = 1 if lives in northeast
midwest: = 1 if lives in midwest
south: = 1 if lives in south
west: = 1 if lives in west
white: = 1 if white
black: = 1 if black
asian: = 1 if asian

Note on education variable. CPS reports educational attainment by category. For the purpose of illustrations in this book, we assign the following numerical values for "educ"

00 .Less than 1st grade 03 .1st,2nd,3rd,or 4th grade 03 .5th or 6th grade 08 .7th and 8th grade 09 .9th grade 10 .10th grade 11 .11th grade 12 .12th grade no diploma 12 .High school graduate – high school diploma or equivalent 13 .Some college but no degree 14 .Associate degree in college - occupation/vocation program 14 .Associate degree in college - academic program 16 .Bachelor's degree (for example: BA,AB,BS) 18 .Master's degree (for example:MA,MS,MENG,MED,MSW, MBA) 21 .Professional school degree (for example: MD,DDS,DVM,LLB,JD) 21 .Doctorate degree (for example: PHD,EDD)

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Dr. Kang Sun Lee, Louisiana Department of Health and Human Services