A subset of the General Social Survey (GSS) data used for causal inference analysis. The GSS is a high-quality, representative sample of the adult population of the United States, conducted regularly since 1972 to monitor trends in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes.
Format
A data frame with X rows and 9 columns:
- y
Outcome variable
- w
Treatment variable
- age
Age of the respondent
- polviews
Political views of the respondent
- income
Income of the respondent
- educ
Education level of the respondent
- marital
Marital status of the respondent
- sex
Sex of the respondent
Source
Smith, Tom W., Michael Davern, Jeremy Freese, and Stephen L. Morgan. General Social Surveys, 1972-2014. Principal Investigator, Tom W. Smith; Co-Principal Investigators, Michael Davern, Jeremy Freese, and Stephen L. Morgan, NORC ed. Chicago: NORC, 2018.
References
Smith, T. W. (2016). The General Social Surveys. NORC at the University of Chicago. GSS Project Report No. 32.
Examples
data(welfare_small)
head(welfare_small)
#> y w age polviews income educ marital sex
#> 1 0 0 28 4 11 14 5 1
#> 2 1 0 54 6 12 16 2 2
#> 3 1 0 44 2 12 16 5 2
#> 4 0 0 47 1 5 10 4 1
#> 5 0 1 19 4 9 10 5 2
#> 6 0 0 36 2 8 18 1 1
summary(welfare_small)
#> y w age polviews
#> Min. :0.0000 Min. :0.0000 Min. :18.00 Min. :1.000
#> 1st Qu.:0.0000 1st Qu.:0.0000 1st Qu.:32.00 1st Qu.:3.000
#> Median :0.0000 Median :1.0000 Median :43.00 Median :4.000
#> Mean :0.2529 Mean :0.5354 Mean :45.39 Mean :4.107
#> 3rd Qu.:1.0000 3rd Qu.:1.0000 3rd Qu.:57.00 3rd Qu.:5.000
#> Max. :1.0000 Max. :1.0000 Max. :89.00 Max. :7.000
#> income educ marital sex
#> Min. : 1.00 Min. : 0.00 Min. :1.000 Min. :1.000
#> 1st Qu.:10.00 1st Qu.:12.00 1st Qu.:1.000 1st Qu.:1.000
#> Median :12.00 Median :13.00 Median :1.000 Median :2.000
#> Mean :10.54 Mean :13.19 Mean :2.403 Mean :1.551
#> 3rd Qu.:12.00 3rd Qu.:16.00 3rd Qu.:4.000 3rd Qu.:2.000
#> Max. :12.00 Max. :20.00 Max. :5.000 Max. :2.000