Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data

Cross-section data originating from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey survey
conducted in 1996.

Details
This is a subset of the data used in Perry and Rosen (2004).

Format
A data frame containing 8,802 observations on 11 variables.

health
factor. Is the self-reported health status “healthy”?.

age
age in years.

limit
factor. Is there any limitation?

gender
factor indicating gender.

insurance
factor. Does the individual have a health insurance?

married
factor. Is the individual married?

selfemp
factor. Is the individual self-employed?

family
family size.

region
factor indicating region.

ethnicity
factor indicating ethnicity: African-American, Caucasian, other.

education
factor indicating highest degree attained: no degree, GED (high school equivalent),
high school, bachelor, master, PhD, other.

References
Perry, C. and Rosen, H.S. (2004). “The Self-Employed are Less Likely than Wage-
Earners to Have Health Insurance. So What?” in Holtz-Eakin, D. and Rosen, H.S.
(eds.), Entrepeneurship and Public Policy, MIT Press.

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