UN11 {alr4}

National statistics from the United Nations mostly from 2009-2011

Description

National health, welfare, and education statistics for 210 places, mostly UN members, but also other areas like Hong Kong that are not independent countries.

Usage

data(UN11)

Format

A data frame with 237 observations on the following 32 variables.

region

region of the world

group

a factor with levels oecd for countries that are members of the OECD, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, as of May 2012, africa for countries on the African continent, and other for all other countries. No OECD countries are located in Africa

fertility

number of children per woman

ppgdp

Per capita gross domestic product in US dollars

lifeExpF

Female life expectancy, years

pctUrban

Percent Urban

Details

Similar data, from the period 2000-2003, appears in the alr3 package under the name UN3.

Source

All data were collected from UN tables accessed at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/ on April 23, 2012. OECD membership is from www.oecd.org, accessed May 25, 2012..

References

Weisberg, S. (2014). Applied Linear Regression, 4th edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.

Examples

data(UN11)
## maybe str(UN11) ; plot(UN11) ...