Migration                package:car                R Documentation

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

     The 'Migration' data frame has 90 rows and 8 columns.

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

     data(Migration)

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _s_o_u_r_c_e Province of origin (source). A factor with levels: 'ALTA',
          Alberta; 'BC', British Columbia; 'MAN', Manitoba; 'NB', New
          Brunswick; 'NFLD', New Foundland; 'NS', Nova Scotia; 'ONT',
          Ontario; 'PEI', Prince Edward Island; 'QUE', Quebec; 'SASK',
          Saskatchewan.

     _d_e_s_t_i_n_a_t_i_o_n Province of destination (1971 residence).     A factor
          with levels: 'ALTA', Alberta; 'BC', British Columbia; 'MAN',
          Manitoba; 'NB', New Brunswick; 'NFLD', New Foundland; 'NS',
          Nova Scotia; 'ONT', Ontario; 'PEI', Prince Edward Island;
          'QUE', Quebec; 'SASK', Saskatchewan.

     _m_i_g_r_a_n_t_s Number of migrants (from source to destination) in the
          period 1966-1971.

     _d_i_s_t_a_n_c_e Distance (between principal cities of provinces): NFLD,
          St. John; PEI, Charlottetown; NS, Halifax; NB, Fredricton;
          QUE, Montreal; ONT, Toronto; MAN, Winnipeg; SASK, Regina;
          ALTA, Edmonton; BC, Vancouver.

     _p_o_p_s_6_6 1966 population of source province.

     _p_o_p_s_7_1 1971 population of source province.

     _p_o_p_d_6_6 1966 population of destination province.

     _p_o_p_d_7_1 1971 population of destination province.

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

     There is one record in the data file for each migration stream.
     You can average the 1966  and 1971 population figures for each of
     the source and destination  provinces.

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

     Canada (1962) _Map_. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys.

     Canada (1971) _Census of Canada_. Statistics Canada, Vol. 1, Part
     2 [Table 32]. 

     Canada (1972) _Canada Year Book_. Statistics Canada [p. 1369].

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

     Fox, J. (1997) _Applied Regression, Linear Models, and Related
     Methods._ Sage.

