Ilocos                 package:ineq                 R Documentation

_I_n_c_o_m_e _M_e_t_a_d_a_t_a _f_r_o_m _I_l_o_c_o_s, _P_h_i_l_i_p_p_i_n_e_s

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

     Income metadata from surveys conducted by the Philippines'
     National Statistics Office.

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

     data(Ilocos)

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

     A data frame with 632 observations of 8 variables.

     _i_n_c_o_m_e total income of household,

     _s_e_x sex of household head ('"male"' or '"female"'),

     _f_a_m_i_l_y._s_i_z_e family size (sometimes averaged over two semesters),

     _u_r_b_a_n_i_t_y factor with levels '"rural"' and '"urban"',

     _p_r_o_v_i_n_c_e factor indicating the particular province,

     _A_P._i_n_c_o_m_e total household income during the APIS,

     _A_P._f_a_m_i_l_y._s_i_z_e family size during APIS,

     _A_P._w_e_i_g_h_t APIS survey weight for each household. .in -5 

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     The data contains household income and metadata in one of the
     sixteen regions of the Philippines called Ilocos. The data comes
     from two of the NSO's surveys: the 1997 Family and Income and
     Expenditure Survey and the 1998 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
     (APIS).

     Since the APIS only has a six month reference period, the original
     data were rescaled using an adjustment factor from the quarterly
     GDP figures that can be obtained from the major sectors.

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

     National Statistics Office, Philippines: <URL:
     http://www.census.gov.ph/>, where also the whole data set may be
     obtained.

