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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.