bwd: A subset of birthweight data used by Abrevaya (2006).

In rqpd: Regression Quantiles for Panel Data

Description

This dataset contains a subset of the birthweight data used by Abrevaya (2006). It has observations from Arizona and washington, and only some variables are included. The entire (subset) of this data is available in JAE's online data archive.

momid3	identification number of the mother
idx	index number of a mother's birth (starts with 1 and goes
	to at least 2 for each mother); momid3 and idx together
	describe the panel structure of the data
stateres	code (1 through 51) for state of residence; see the NCHS
	(National Center for Health Statistics) website for codes
dmage	age of mother (in years)
dmeduc	education of mother (in years)
dbirwt	birthweight (in grams)
smoke	indicator variable for smoking status (1=smoker,
	0=nonsmoker)
male	indicator variable for baby gender (1=male, 0=female)
year	year of birth (0=1990, ..., 8=1998)
married	indicator variable for marital status (1=married,
	0=unmarried)
agesq	age of mother squared
black	indicator variable for black race (1=black, 0=white)
novisit	indicator that no prenatal visit occurred
pretri2	indicator that first prenatal visit occurred in 2nd
	trimester
pretri3	indicator that first prenatal visit occurred in 3nd
	trimester

Usage

data(bwd)

Format

A dataframe with 13154 observations and 14 variables

Source

http://econ.queensu.ca/jae/2006-v21.4/abrevaya/

References

[1] Abrevaya, J. (2006) Estimating the effect of smoking on birth outcomes using a matched panel data approach. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21-4, pages 489–519.

[2] http://econ.queensu.ca/jae/2006-v21.4/abrevaya/

rqpd documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:54 p.m.