A dataset containing information on health, healthcare, and demographics of adolescents aged 18 - 30 in the United States from 2009 to 2010. This is a cleaned dataset which is only a subset of the 2009-2010 data release of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

nhanes_2010

Format

A data frame with 1417 rows and 24 variables:

id

individual ID

gen_health

general health indicator with five levels

mod_active

minutes of moderate activity

vig_active

minutes of vigorous activity

home_meals

number of home meals a week

gender

gender of the individual (factor with "male" or "female")

age

age of the individual in years

marijuana

whether the individual has used marijuana

illicit

whether the individual has used illicit drugs

rehab

whether the individual has been to rehab for their drug usage

asthma

whether the individual has asthma

overweight

whether the individual is overweight

cancer

whether the individual has cancer

low_int

rating of whether the individual has low interest in things

down

rating of whether the individual has felt down

sleeping

rating of whether the individual has had trouble sleeping

low_energy

rating of whether the individual has low energy

appetite

rating of whether the individual has lost appetite

feel_bad

rating of whether the individual has felt bad

no_con

rating of whether the individual has felt no confidence

speak_move

rating of whether the individual has trouble speaking/moving

dead

rating of whether the individual has wished he/she was dead

difficulty

rating of whether the individual has felt difficulty from the previous conditions

active

minutes of vigorous or moderate activity