This data is analyzed/discussed in Preisser JS, Galecki AT, Lohman KK and Wagenknecht LE (2000). "Analysis of Smoking Trends With Incomplete Longitudinal Binary Responses", Journal of the American Statistical Association, 95:1021-31. These authors analyze the first four timepoints. Key to variables: id = person identifier code age = baseline (yr_fu=0) age in years birth 1 = 1963-1967 2 = 1959-1962 3 = 1955-1958 education: 1 = High School or less 2 = Some College 3 = College Degree yr_fu = the year of followup measurement with year 0 referencing 1986. year 2 referencing 1988. year 5 referencing 1991. year 7 referencing 1993. year 10 referencing 1996. smoke = reported smoker (1=yes, 0=no) racesex: 1 = Black Males 2 = Black Females 3 = White Males 4 = White Females DATA: ---------------------------------------------------- id age birth education yr_fu smoke racesex