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.
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| 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 |