CollegeDistance {AER} | R Documentation

## College Distance Data

### Description

Cross-section data from the High School and Beyond survey conducted by the Department of Education in 1980, with a follow-up in 1986. The survey included students from approximately 1,100 high schools.

### Usage

    data("CollegeDistance")

### Format

A data frame containing 4,739 observations on 14 variables.

gender

  factor indicating gender.

ethnicity

  factor indicating ethnicity (African-American, Hispanic or other).

score

  base year composite test score. These are achievement tests given to high school seniors in the sample.

fcollege

  factor. Is the father a college graduate?

mcollege

  factor. Is the mother a college graduate?

home

  factor. Does the family own their home?

urban

  factor. Is the school in an urban area?

unemp

  county unemployment rate in 1980.

wage

  state hourly wage in manufacturing in 1980.

distance

  distance from 4-year college (in 10 miles).

tuition

  average state 4-year college tuition (in 1000 USD).

education

  number of years of education.

income

  factor. Is the family income above USD 25,000 per year?

region

  factor indicating region (West or other).

### Details

Rouse (1995) computed years of education by assigning 12 years to all members of the senior class. Each additional year of secondary education counted as a one year. Students with vocational degrees were assigned 13 years, AA degrees were assigned 14 years, BA degrees were assigned 16 years, those with some graduate education were assigned 17 years, and those with a graduate degree were assigned 18 years.

Stock and Watson (2007) provide separate data files for the students from Western states and the remaining students. `CollegeDistance` includes both data sets, subsets are easily obtained (see also examples).

### Source

Online complements to Stock and Watson (2007).

### References

Rouse, C.E. (1995). Democratization or Diversion? The Effect of Community Colleges on Educational Attainment. Journal of Business \& Economic Statistics, 12, 217–224.

Stock, J.H. and Watson, M.W. (2007). Introduction to Econometrics, 2nd ed. Boston: Addison Wesley.

### See Also

`StockWatson2007`

### Examples

    ## exclude students from Western states
    data("CollegeDistance")
    cd <- subset(CollegeDistance, region != "west")
    summary(cd)

[Package AER version 1.2-5 Index]