guImmun {lme4} | R Documentation

## Immunization in Guatemala

### Description

Immunizations received by children in Guatemala.

### Usage

    data(guImmun)

### Format

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

kid
  a factor identifying the child
mom
  a factor identifying the family.
comm
  a factor identifying the community.
immun
  a factor indicating if the child received a complete set of immunizations. All children in this data frame received at least one immunization.
kid2p
  a factor indicating if the child was 2 years or older at the time of the survey.
mom25p
  a factor indicating if the mother was 25 years or older.
ord
  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.
ethn
  a factor indicating the mother's ethnicity. Levels are `L` - Ladino, `N` - indigenous not speaking Spanish, and `S` - indigenous speaking Spanish.
momEd
  a factor describing the mother's level of eduation. Levels are `N` - not finished primary, `P` - finished primary, `S` - finished secondary
husEd
  a factor describing the husband's level of education. Levels are the same as for `momEd` plus `U` - unknown.
momWork
  a factor indicating if the mother had ever worked outside the home.
rural
  a factor indicating if the family's location is considered rural or urban.
pcInd81
  the percentage of indigenous population in the community at the 1981 census.

### Source

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

### References

Rodriguez, Germán 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.

### Examples

    data(guImmun)
    summary(guImmun)

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