OverdrawnR Documentation

Overdrawn Checking Account?

Description

Survey of college students to took at factors related to having overdrawn a checking account.

Format

A dataset with 450 observations on the following 4 variables.

Age Age of the student (in years)
Sex 0=male or 1=female
DaysDrink Number of days drinking alcohol (in past 30 days)
Overdrawn Has student overdrawn a checking account? 0=no or 1=yes

Details

Researchers conducted a survey of 450 undergraduates in large introductory courses at either Mississippi State University or the University of Mississippi. There were close to 150 questions on the survey, but only four of these variables are included in this dataset. (You can consult the paper to learn how the variables beyond these 4 affect the analysis.) The primary interest for the researchers was factors relating to whether or not a student has ever overdrawn a checking account.

Renamed as CreditRisk in second edition.

Source

Worthy S.L., Jonkman J.N., Blinn-Pike L. (2010), "Sensation-Seeking, Risk-Taking, and Problematic Financial Behaviors of College Students," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 31: 161-170