This is a subsample of 100 males and 100 females randomly selected from the 534 cases that comprised the 1985 Current Population Survey in a way that controls for highest education level attained. The sample of 200 contains 20 males and 20 females with less than a high school diploma, 20 males and 20 females with a high school diploma, 20 males and 20 females with some college training, 20 males and 20 females with a college diploma, and 20 males and 20 females with some graduate school training. The data include information about gender, highest education level attained, and hourly wage.
WagesA data frame with 400 rows and 9 variables:
case number
number of years of education
indicator for whether individual lives in the South
individual<U+2019>s sex
number of years of work experience
wage (dollars per hour)
occupation category
marital status
highest education level