Health Economics – 2025 1 How many males are in the data set How many females 2

1. How many males are in the data set? How many females?

2. Calculate the mean, median, minimum, maximum, and standard deviation for self-reported health.

3. Create a scatter plot displaying the relationship between BMI and age where BMI is on the Y-axis and age is on the X-axis. Include a line of best fit in the graph with the functional relationship (e.g. BMI=Intercept+number*age).

4. Create a new variable in Column H equal to age squared.

5. Calculate the proportion of the sample with a university level education. 

6. What is the correlation between BMI and self-reported health. Provide a 1-2 sentence interpretation of this result.

7. How many individuals exercise at least 2-3 times per week?