HRB: Health Risk Behavior

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Description

Dataset based on a questionnaire assessing health risk behaviors, including smoking, drinking, and marijuana consumption. The questionnaire was presented to teenagers at 5 points in time (from middle school to high school). The items are binary: 0 = never, 1 = at least one.

Usage

data("HRB")

Format

A data frame with 538 individuals with 4 items presented at 5 points in time. Items:

Alcohol.1

Days with at least one drink in past year (T1).

Cigarettes.1

Number of cigarettes per day in past year (T1).

Alcohol2.1

Days with at least 5 drinks within a few hours in the past year (T1).

Marijuana.1

Times consumed marijuana in the past year (T1).

Alcohol.2

Days with at least one drink in past year (T2).

Cigarettes.2

Number of cigarettes per day in past year (T2).

Alcohol2.2

Days with at least 5 drinks within a few hours in the past year (T2).

Marijuana.2

Times consumed marijuana in the past year (T2).

Alcohol.3

Days with at least one drink in past year (T3).

Cigarettes.3

Number of cigarettes per day in past year (T3).

Alcohol2.3

Days with at least 5 drinks within a few hours in the past year (T3).

Marijuana.3

Times consumed marijuana in the past year (T3).

Alcohol.4

Days with at least one drink in past year (T4).

Cigarettes.4

Number of cigarettes per day in past year (T4).

Alcohol2.4

Days with at least 5 drinks within a few hours in the past year (T4).

Marijuana.4

Times consumed marijuana in the past year (T4).

Alcohol.5

Days with at least one drink in past year (T5).

Cigarettes.5

Number of cigarettes per day in past year (T5).

Alcohol2.5

Days with at least 5 drinks within a few hours in the past year (T5).

Marijuana.5

Times consumed marijuana in the past year (T5).

Note

Thanks to Peter Franz for providing this dataset.

Examples

data("HRB")
str(HRB)

MPsychoR documentation built on June 15, 2020, 3 p.m.