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North Carolina births
Description
In 2004, the state of North Carolina released a large data set containing information on births recorded in this state. This data set is useful to researchers studying the relation between habits and practices of expectant mothers and the birth of their children. We will work with a random sample of observations from this data set.
Usage
nc
Format
A tbl_df with 1000 rows and 13 variables:
- fage
father's age in years
- mage
mother's age in years
- mature
maturity status of mother
- weeks
length of pregnancy in weeks
- premie
whether the birth was classified as premature (premie) or full-term
- visits
number of hospital visits during pregnancy
- marital
whether mother is 'married' or 'not married' at birth
- gained
weight gained by mother during pregnancy in pounds
- weight
weight of the baby at birth in pounds
- lowbirthweight
whether baby was classified as low birthweight ('low') or not ('not low')
- gender
gender of the baby, 'female' or 'male'
- habit
status of the mother as a 'nonsmoker' or a 'smoker'
- whitemom
whether mom is 'white' or 'not white'
Source
State of North Carolina.