cfb                  package:UsingR                  R Documentation

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

     A bootstrap sample from the "Survey of Consumer Finances".

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

     data(cfb)

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

     A data frame with 1000 observations on the following 14 variables. 

     _W_G_T Weights to comensate for undersampling. Not applicable

     _A_G_E Age of participants

     _E_D_U_C Education level (number of years) of participant

     _I_N_C_O_M_E Income in year 2001 of participant

     _C_H_E_C_K_I_N_G Amount in checking account for participant

     _S_A_V_I_N_G Amount in savings accounts

     _N_M_M_F Total directly-held mutual funds

     _S_T_O_C_K_S Amount held in stocks

     _F_I_N Total financial assets

     _V_E_H_I_C Value of all vehicles (includes autos, motor homes, RVs,
          airplanes, boats)

     _H_O_M_E_E_Q Total home equity

     _O_T_H_N_F_I_N Other financial assets

     _D_E_B_T Total debt

     _N_E_T_W_O_R_T_H Total net worth

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

     The SCF dataset is a comprehensive survey of consumer finances
     sponsored by the United States Federal Reserve, <URL:
     http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/2001/scf2001home.html>
     . 

     The data is oversampled to compensate for low response in the
     upper brackets. To compensate, weights are assigned. By
     bootstrapping the data with the weights, we get a "better" version
     of a random sample from the population.

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

     <URL:
     http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/2001/scf2001home.html>

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

     data(cfb)
     attach(cfb)
     mean(INCOME)

