MANHATAN {lba}

The Midtown Manhattan Study

Description

The MANHATAN data frame has 25 rows and 3 columns. The observations were obtained in a study carried out by the sociologist Leo Srole and describe the cross-classification of 1660 adults in Manhattan, ages 20-59, obtained from a sample of midtown residents.

Usage

data(MANHATAN)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

health

A factor with levels: Well; Misy; Mosy; Imp.

socecon

A factor with levels: A; B; C; D; E; F.

value

The absolute frequencies of which factor.

Source

Goodman, L. A. (1987) New Methods for Analysing the Intrinsic Character of Qualitative Variables Using Cross-Classified Data. American Journal of Sociology 93, 529–583.

References

van der Ark, A. L. 1999. Contributions to Latent Budget Analysis, a tool for the analysis of compositional data. Ph.D. Thesis University of Utrecht.