Youth Risk Survey

Description

Survey of students in grades 9-12 concerning health-risk behiviors

Format

A dataset with 500 observations on the following 6 variables.

Sleep

Average hours sleep on school night (10 or more hours, 9 hours, down to 4 or less hours)

Sleep7

Seven or more hours of sleep? (0=no or 1=yes)

SmokeLife

Ever smoked? (No or Yes)

SmokeDaily

Regular smoker? (No or Yes)

MarijuaEver

Ever smoked marijuana? (0=no or 1=yes)

Age

Age (in years)

Details

Data from the Centers for Disease Control's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS).

This data set is from the first edition, but not used in the second edition.

Source

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