Question

Define the measure of each variable (Scale, Ordinal, or Nominal)

The variables are as follows with their labels BOLDED

Variable Label Description
•   PLURALITY         Number of children born of the pregnancy
•   SEX       Sex of child   1 = male; 2 = female
•   MAGE         Age of mother (years)
•   WEEKS        Completed weeks of gestation (weeks)
•   MARITAL             Marital status: 1 = married; 2 = not married
•   RACEMOM            Race of mother 0 = other non-White, 1 = White; 2 =Black; 3 = American Indian, 4 = Chinese; 5 = Japanese; 6 = Hawaiian; 7 = Filipino; 8 = Other Asian or Pacific Islander)

•   HISPMOM         Mother of Hispanic origin   C = Cuban; M = Mexican; N = Non-Hispanic, O =other and unknown Hispanic, P = Puerto Rican, S = Central/South American, U = not classifiable)

•   GAINED        Weight gained during pregnancy (pounds)
•   SMOKE        smoking during pregnancy   0 = mother did not smoke during pregnancy
1 = mother did smoke during pregnancy

•   DRINK         alcohol consumption during pregnancy   0 = mother did not consume alcohol during pregnancy 1 = mother did consume alcohol during pregnancy

•   TOUNCES        Weight of child (ounces)
•   TGRAMS         Weight of child (grams)
•   LOW        Does infant have low birthweight  0 = infant was not low birth weight 1 = infant was low birth
•   PREMIE         Is infant premature   0 = infant was not premature 1=infant was premature

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