Entry:

Sander, William, "Schooling and Quitting Smoking," The Review of Economics and Statistics, 77 (February, 1995), 191-199.


Abstract:

Older, educated women are more likely to quit smoking than are younger women with less education. Older, educated men from New England are more likely to quit smoking than younger, less educated men from the rest of the U.S. are.

GSS Years:

1986-1991

Other Data Sets:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1965-1987.

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
PAEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

MAEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

SIBS

NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS

REG16

"REGION OF RESIDENCE

RES16

TYPE OF PLACE LIVED IN WHEN 16 YRS OLD

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT

REGION

REGION OF INTERVIEW

XNORCSIZ

EXPANDED N.O.R.C. SIZE CODE

RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

SMOKE

DOES R SMOKE

EVSMOKE

HAS R EVER SMOKED

ETHNIC

COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN