Hookworm 1993 {epiDisplay} | R Documentation |
Dataset from a study on hookworm prevalence and intensity in 1993
Description
A dataset from a cross-sectional survey in 1993 examining hookworm infection
Usage
data(HW93)
Format
A data frame with 637 observations on the following 6 variables.
id
a numeric vector for personal identification number
epg
a numeric vector for eggs per gram of faeces
age
a numeric vector for age in years
shoe
a factor for shoe wearing with levels
no
yes
intense
a factor for intensity of infection in epg. with levels
0
1-1,999
2,000+
agegr
a factor for age group with levels
<15 yrs
15-59 yrs
60+ yrs
Examples
data(HW93)
des(HW93)
.data <- HW93
.data$order.intense <- ordered(.data$intense)
ord.hw <- polr(ordered(intense) ~ agegr + shoe, data=.data)
summary(ord.hw)
ordinal.or.display(ord.hw)
[Package epiDisplay version 3.5.0.2 Index]