catholic

A dataset with 7430 observations on 13 variables:

id: person identifier

read12: reading standardized score

math12: mathematics standardized score

female: =1 if female

asian: =1 if Asian

hispan: =1 if Hispanic

black: =1 if black

motheduc: mother's years of education

fatheduc: father's years of education

lfaminc: log of family income

hsgrad: =1 if graduated from high school by 1994

cathhs: =1 if attended Catholic HS

parcath: =1 if a parent reports being Catholic


from Altonji, J.G., T.E. Elder, and C.R. Taber (2005), 
"An Evaluation of Instrumental Variable Strategies for Estimating the 
Effects of Catholic Schooling," Journal of Human Resources 40, 791-821.