headcount {NSAE}

Head count data

Description

Dataset on head count used by Chandra et al. (2017).

Usage

data(headcount)

Format

A data frame with 71 observations on the following 11 variables:

Area

Small area code

lat

Latitude of each small areas

long

Longitude of each small areas

N

Sample size of each small areas

n

Sample size of each small areas

y

Head count (direct estimates for the small areas)

ps

proportion of head count

var

Estimated variance

x1

First covariate used by Chandra et al. (2017)

x2

Second covariate used by Chandra et al. (2017)

x3

Second covariate used by Chandra et al. (2017)

Reference

Chandra, H., Salvati, N., & Chambers, R. (2017). Small area prediction of counts under a non-stationary spatial model. Spatial Statistics. 20. 30-56. DOI:10.1016/j.spasta.2017.01.004.

Examples

data(headcount)
y <- headcount$y
summary(y)