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Physician advice on alcohol consumption
Description
a cross-section of 2467 individuals from 1990
Format
a tibble containing:
drinks: number of drinks in the past 2 weeks
advice: 1 if reveived a drining advice
age: age in 10 years cathegories
race: a factor with levels
"white"
,"black"
and"other"
marital: marital status, one of
"single"
,"married"
,"widow"
,"separated"
region: one of
"west"
,"northeast"
,"midwest"
and"south"
empstatus: one of
"other"
,"emp"
and"unemp"
limits: limits on daily activities, one of
"none"
,"some"
and"major"
income: monthly income ($1000)
educ: education in years
medicare: insurance through medicare
medicaid: insurance through medicaid
champus: military insurance
hlthins: health insurance
regmed: regoular source of care
dri: see same doctor
diabete: have diabetes
hearthcond: have heart condition
stroke: have stroke
Source
JAE data archive
References
Kenkel DS, Terza JV (2001). “The effect of physician advice on alcohol consumption: count regression with an endogenous treatment effect.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, 16(2), 165-184.