UN3                   package:alr3                   R Documentation

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

     National health, welfare, and education statistics for 127 places,
     mostly UN members, but also other areas like Hong Kong that are
     not independent countries.  Localities with missing data have been
     removed from this data set.

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _L_o_c_a_l_i_t_y Locality name.  In some cases, the geographic area is
          smaller than a country; for example, Hong Kong

     _M_o_d_e_r_n_C Percent of unmarried women using a modern method of
          contraception

     _C_h_a_n_g_e Annual population growth rate, percent

     _P_P_g_d_p Per capita 2001 GDP, in US $

     _F_r_a_t_e Percent of females over age 15 economically active

     _P_o_p Population, thousands

     _F_e_r_t_i_l_i_t_y Expected number of live births per female, 2000

     _P_u_r_b_a_n Percent of population that is urban, 2001

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

     These data were collected at published by the UN from a variety of
     sources. See original source for additional footnotes concerning
     values for individual countries.  Locality names are given in the
     first column of the data file.

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

     <URL: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic>

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

     Weisberg, S. (2005). _Applied Linear Regression_, 3rd edition. New
     York: Wiley, Problem 7.7.

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

     data(UN3)

