birth.rates {smss}

Birth Rate Data

Description

Birth rates of several nations. Table 9.13 of 3rd edition.

Format

data.frame with 29 observations of the following 10 variables,

B

crude birth rate (number of births per 1000 population size)

W

women's economic activity (female labor force as percent of male)

C

percent women using contraception

LI

female adult literacy rate

LE

female life expectancy

HDI

human development index (which has components referring to life expectancy at birth, educational attainment, and income per capita)

GNP

gross national product (per capita, in thousands of dollars)

N

daily newspaper circulation per 100 people

T

number of televisions per 100 people.

Source

http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~aa/social/data.html

Examples

data(birth.rates)
summary(birth.rates)