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United Nations Social Indicators Data 1998]

UN98.Rd

Social indicators data on 207 nations distributed by the United Nations circa 1998.

Usage

data("UN98")

Format

A data frame with 207 observations on the following 13 variables.

region

a factor with alphabetical levels Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania.

tfr

total fertility rate, number of children per woman.

contraception

percentage of married women using any method of contraception.

educationMale

average number of years of education for men.

educationFemale

average number of years of education for women.

lifeMale

expectation of life at birth for males.

lifeFemale

expectation of life at birth for females.

infantMortality

infant deaths per 1000 live births.

GDPperCapita

gross domestic product per person in U.S. dollars.

economicActivityMale

percentage of men who are economically active.

economicActivityFemale

percentage of women who are economically active.

illiteracyMale

percentage of males 15 years of age and older who are illiterate.

illiteracyFemale

percentage of females 15 years of age and older who are illiterate.

Details

In a few cases where the percentages of males and females 15 and older who are illiterate were unavailable, these variables were filled in by regression imputation from the corresponding percentages 25 and older who are illiterate.

Source

Downloaded from http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/main.htm in 1998.

Examples

summary(UN98)
#>      region        tfr        contraception   educationMale   educationFemale 
#>  Africa :55   Min.   :1.190   Min.   : 2.00   Min.   : 3.30   Min.   : 2.000  
#>  America:41   1st Qu.:1.950   1st Qu.:21.00   1st Qu.: 9.75   1st Qu.: 9.325  
#>  Asia   :50   Median :3.070   Median :47.00   Median :11.25   Median :11.650  
#>  Europe :44   Mean   :3.529   Mean   :43.43   Mean   :11.41   Mean   :11.275  
#>  Oceania:17   3rd Qu.:4.980   3rd Qu.:64.00   3rd Qu.:13.90   3rd Qu.:13.650  
#>               Max.   :8.000   Max.   :86.00   Max.   :17.20   Max.   :17.800  
#>               NA's   :10      NA's   :63      NA's   :131     NA's   :131     
#>     lifeMale       lifeFemale    infantMortality   GDPperCapita  
#>  Min.   :36.00   Min.   :39.10   Min.   :  2.00   Min.   :   36  
#>  1st Qu.:57.38   1st Qu.:59.60   1st Qu.: 12.00   1st Qu.:  442  
#>  Median :66.50   Median :72.15   Median : 30.00   Median : 1779  
#>  Mean   :63.63   Mean   :68.39   Mean   : 43.48   Mean   : 6262  
#>  3rd Qu.:70.90   3rd Qu.:76.42   3rd Qu.: 66.00   3rd Qu.: 7272  
#>  Max.   :77.40   Max.   :82.90   Max.   :169.00   Max.   :42416  
#>  NA's   :11      NA's   :11      NA's   :6        NA's   :10     
#>  economicActivityMale economicActivityFemale illiteracyMale   illiteracyFemale
#>  Min.   :51.20        Min.   : 1.90          Min.   : 0.200   Min.   : 0.200  
#>  1st Qu.:72.30        1st Qu.:37.00          1st Qu.: 2.952   1st Qu.: 4.847  
#>  Median :76.80        Median :48.40          Median :10.829   Median :20.100  
#>  Mean   :76.46        Mean   :46.79          Mean   :17.555   Mean   :27.906  
#>  3rd Qu.:81.20        3rd Qu.:56.40          3rd Qu.:27.575   3rd Qu.:48.025  
#>  Max.   :93.00        Max.   :90.60          Max.   :79.100   Max.   :93.400  
#>  NA's   :42           NA's   :42             NA's   :47       NA's   :47