lunatics {RbyExample}

Massachusetts Lunatics Data

Description

Data from an 1854 survey by the Massachusetts Commission on Lunacy.

Usage

lunatics

Format

14 obs. of 6 variables:

COUNTY

Name of county.

NBR

Number of lunatics by county.

DIST

Distance to nearest mental health center.

POP

County population 1950 (thousands).

PDEN

County population density per square mile.

PHOME

Percent of lunatics cared for at home.

References

J.M. Hunter, "Need and Demand for Mental Health Care: Massachusetts 1854," The Geographic Review, 77:2 (April 1987), pp 139-156.