guPrenat                package:lme4                R Documentation

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

     Data on the prenatal care received by mothers in Guatemala.

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

     data(guPrenat)

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

     A data frame with 2449 observations on the following 15 variables.

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

     _m_o_m a factor identifying the mother or family

     _c_l_u_s_t_e_r a factor identifying the community

     _p_r_e_n_a_t a factor indicating if traditional or modern prenatal care
          was provided for the birth.

     _c_h_i_l_d_A_g_e an ordered factor of the child's age at the time of the
          survey. 

     _m_o_t_h_e_r_A_g_e a factor indicating if the mother was older or younger. 
          The cut-off age is 25 years.

     _b_i_r_t_h_O_r_d an ordered factor for the birth's order within the
          family.

     _i_n_d_i_g a factor indicating if the mother is Ladino, or indigenous
          not speaking Spanish, or indigenous speaking Spanish.

     _m_o_m_E_d a factor describing the mother's level of eduation.

     _h_u_s_E_d a factor describing the husband's level of education.

     _h_u_s_E_m_p_l a factor describing the husband's employment status.

     _t_o_i_l_e_t a factor indicating if there is a modern toilet in the
          house.

     _T_V a factor indicating if there is a TV in the house and, if so,
          the frequency with which it is used.

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

     _s_s_D_i_s_t distance from the community to the nearest clinic.

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

     These data are available at <URL:
     http://data.princeton.edu/multilevel/guPrenat.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(guPrenat)
     summary(guPrenat)

