Socatt                package:mlmRev                R Documentation

_S_o_c_i_a_l _A_t_t_i_t_u_d_e_s _S_u_r_v_e_y

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     These data come from the British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey
     started in 1983. The eligible persons were all adults aged 18 or
     over living in private households in Britain.  The data consist of
     completed results of 264 respondents out of 410.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(Socatt)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame with 1056 observations on the following 9 variables.

     _d_i_s_t_r_i_c_t District ID - a factor

     _r_e_s_p_o_n_d Respondent code (within district) - a factor

     _y_e_a_r A factor with levels '1983', '1984', '1985', and '1986'

     _n_u_m_p_o_s An ordered factor giving the number of positive answers to
          seven questions.

     _p_a_r_t_y Political party chosen - a factor.  Levels are
          'conservative', 'labour', 'Lib/SDP/Alliance', 'others', and
          'none'.

     _c_l_a_s_s Self assessed social class - a factor.  Levels are 'middle',
          'upper working', and 'lower working'.

     _g_e_n_d_e_r Respondent's sex. (1=male, 2=female)

     _a_g_e Age in years

     _r_e_l_i_g_i_o_n Religion - a factor.  Levels are 'Roman Catholic',
          'Protestant/Church of England', 'others', and 'none'.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     These data are provided at <URL:
     http://multilevel.ioe.ac.uk/softrev/> as an example of multilevel
     data with a multinomial response.  Results from several multilevel
     software packages are provided at this site.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     <URL: http://multilevel.ioe.ac.uk/softrev/socatt.htm>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     McGrath, K. and Waterton, J. (1986). _British Social Attitudes
     1983-1986 panel survey._ London, Social and Community Planning
     Research.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     str(Socatt)
     summary(Socatt)

