Label in our tables Appears in Source (label in the source Definition Table dataset) College attendee & not National college attendee An indicator variable equal to one Longitudinal (date of birth: for individuals who had completed Table 1 Survey of Youth q1_3_a_y_1979 at least four years of college by the (NLSY) years of college: age of 26 and zero otherwise. hgcrevXXX_19XX) An indicator variable to one LowSES & highSES for individuals whose parents had NLSY (hgc_father_1979 Table 1 attended no college as of 1979 and hgc_mother_1979) zero otherwise. Age at first marriage The age at which the respondent NLSY Table 1 (age1m12_1012) was first married. Age at of first The age at the respondent had NLSY child Table 1 his/her first child. (age1m12_2012) Number of children The number of children the NLSY Table 1 (numkid12_2012) respondent had in 2012. An indicator variable equal to one Smoke daily NLSY if the respondent ever smoked Table 1 (ds_4_1998) daily and zero otherwise. Age began smoking The age at which the respondent NLSY daily 1 first smoked daily. (ds_4_1998) An indicator variable equal to one National Bureau for years in which there was a Tables 3, 5, of Economic Recession years recession during at least one and 6 Research month and zero otherwise. Higher Education The degree incoming college Research Degree Tables 3 students plan to earn at the time Institute’s (major) through 6 they begin their freshman year. Freshman Surveys (HERI) Indicator variables equal to one for Accounting, incoming college freshmen who accounting business & Table 4 HERI say they plan to major in the all non-accounting through 6 specified field or group of fields (major) and zero otherwise. An indicator variable equal to 1 for individuals indicating that low Cheap tuition HERI tuition was important” to Table 4 “very (choose26) them as they chose which college to attend and zero otherwise.
Source Label in our tables (label in the source dataset) Definition Appears in Table National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) College attendee & not college attendee (date of birth: q1_3_a_y_1979 years of college: hgcrevXXX_19XX) An indicator variable equal to one for individuals who had completed at least four years of college by the age of 26 and zero otherwise. Table 1 NLSY LowSES & highSES (hgc_father_1979 hgc_mother_1979) An indicator variable to one for individuals whose parents had attended no college as of 1979 and zero otherwise. Table 1 NLSY Age at first marriage (age1m12_1012) The age at which the respondent was first married. Table 1 NLSY Age at of first child (age1m12_2012) The age at the respondent had his/her first child. Table 1 NLSY Number of children (numkid12_2012) The number of children the respondent had in 2012. Table 1 NLSY Smoke daily (ds_4_1998) An indicator variable equal to one if the respondent ever smoked daily and zero otherwise. Table 1 NLSY Age began smoking daily (ds_4_1998) The age at which the respondent first smoked daily. 1 National Bureau of Economic Research Recession years An indicator variable equal to one for years in which there was a recession during at least one month and zero otherwise. Tables 3, 5, and 6 Higher Education Research Institute’s Freshman Surveys (HERI) Degree (major) The degree incoming college students plan to earn at the time they begin their freshman year. Tables 3 through 6 HERI Accounting, business & all non-accounting (major) Indicator variables equal to one for incoming college freshmen who say they plan to major in the specified field or group of fields and zero otherwise. Table 4 through 6 HERI Cheap tuition (choose26) An indicator variable equal to 1 for individuals indicating that low tuition was “very important” to them as they chose which college to attend and zero otherwise. Table 4 accounting
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