guImmun                 package:lme4                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Immunizations received by children in Guatemala.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(guImmun)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 2159 observations on the following 13 variables.

     _k_i_d a factor identifying the child

     _m_o_m a factor identifying the family.

     _c_o_m_m a factor identifying the community.

     _i_m_m_u_n a factor indicating if the child received a complete set of
          immunizations. All children in this data frame received at
          least one immunization.

     _k_i_d_2_p a factor indicating if the child was 2 years or older at the
          time of the survey.

     _m_o_m_2_5_p a factor indicating if the mother was 25 years or older.

     _o_r_d an factor indicating the child's birth's order within the
          family.  Levels are `01' - first child, `23' - second or
          third child, `46' - fourth to sixth child, `7p' - seventh or
          later child.

     _e_t_h_n a factor indicating the mother's ethnicity.  Levels are `L' -
          Ladino, `N' - indigenous not speaking Spanish, and `S' -
          indigenous speaking Spanish.

     _m_o_m_E_d a factor describing the mother's level of eduation. Levels
          are `N' - not finished primary, `P' - finished primary, `S' -
          finished secondary

     _h_u_s_E_d a factor describing the husband's level of education. Levels
          are the same as for `momEd' plus `U' - unknown.

     _m_o_m_W_o_r_k a factor indicating if the mother had ever worked outside
          the home.

     _r_u_r_a_l a factor indicating if the family's location is considered
          rural or urban.

     _p_c_I_n_d_8_1 the percentage of indigenous population in the community
          at the 1981 census.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     These data are available at <URL:
     http://data.princeton.edu/multilevel/guImmun.dat>.  Multiple
     indicator columns in the original data table have been collapsed
     to factors for this data frame.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Rodriguez, Germn and Goldman, Noreen (1995), "Improved estimation
     procedures for multilevel models with binary response: a
     case-study", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A,
     164, 339-355.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(guImmun)
     summary(guImmun)

