teenconcerns {GLMsData}

Concerns of teenagers

Description

Health concerns of teenagers

Usage

data(teenconcerns)

Format

A data frame with 16 rows, on the following 4 variables.

Counts

the average number of calls in each assay

Sex

the sex of the teenagers; one of M or F

Age

the age groups of the teenagers; one of 12-15 or 16-17

Concern

the type of health concerns; one of Sex, Menstrual, Healthy or Nothing

Details

The data give the numbers of teenagers of two age groups with health concerns in specific areas: Sex, Menstrual, Healthy (that is, how healthy they are) or Nothing (no concerns at all). More specifically, these are the number of teens who would like to discuss these topics with their doctor. For males M, menstrual concerns can be treated as structural zeros.

Source

Brunswick, Ann F. (1971) Adolescent health, sex, and fertility. American Journal of Public Health, 61(4): 711–729. The numbers are inferred from the percentages in Table 3.

References

Christen, R. (2013) Log-Linear Models, Springer Texts in Statistics, Springer: New York.

Fienberg, S. E. (2007) The Analysis of Cross-Classified Categorical Data, Springer: New York.

Examples

   data(teenconcerns)
   summary(teenconcerns)