Sleep Hours for Teenagers

Description

Hours of sleep for teenagers

Format

A data frame with 446 observations on the following 3 variables.

Person

Cased ID number

Age

Age (in years)

Outcome

Average at least 7 hours of sleep? (1=yes or 0=no)

Details

Data from a sample of 446 teens, aged 14 to 18, who answer the question, "On an average school night, how many hours of sleep do you get?" The outcome variable records whether or not each person averages at least 7 hours of sleep.

Source

Wahlstrom, K., Dretzke, B., Gordon, M., Peterson, K., Edwards, K., & Gdula, J. (2014) "Examining the Impact of Later School Start Times on the Health and Academic Performance of High School Students: A Multi-Site Study," Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement. St Paul, MN: University of Minnesota.