YouthRisk

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Annual survey of health-risk youth behaviors

Description

Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

Format

A data frame with 13387 observations on the following 6 variables.

ride.alc.driver

1=rode with a drinking driver in past 30 days or 0=did not

female

1=female or 0=male

grade

Year in high school: 9, 10, 11, or 12

age4

Age (in years)

smoke

Ever smoked? 1=yes or 0=no

DriverLicense

Have a driver's license? 1=yes or 0=no

Details

This dataset is derived from the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), which is an annual survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor the prevalence of health-risk youth behaviors. This dataset focuses on whether or not youths have recently (in past 30 days) ridden with a drunk driver.

Source

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm