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\HeaderA{guPrenat}{Prenatal care in Guatemala}{guPrenat}
\keyword{datasets}{guPrenat}
\begin{Description}\relax
Data on the prenatal care received by mothers in Guatemala.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}data(guPrenat)\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Format}\relax
A data frame with 2449 observations on the following 15 variables.
\describe{
\item[kid] a factor identifying the birth
\item[mom] a factor identifying the mother or family
\item[cluster] a factor identifying the community
\item[prenat] a factor indicating if traditional or modern prenatal
care was provided for the birth.
\item[childAge] an ordered factor of the child's age at the time of
the survey. 
\item[motherAge] a factor indicating if the mother was older or
younger.  The cut-off age is 25 years.
\item[birthOrd] an ordered factor for the birth's order within the family.
\item[indig] a factor indicating if the mother is Ladino, or
indigenous not speaking Spanish, or indigenous speaking Spanish.
\item[momEd] a factor describing the mother's level of eduation.
\item[husEd] a factor describing the husband's level of education.
\item[husEmpl] a factor describing the husband's employment status.
\item[toilet] a factor indicating if there is a modern toilet in the
house.
\item[TV] a factor indicating if there is a TV in the house and, if
so, the frequency with which it is used.
\item[pcInd81] the percentage of indigenous population in the
community at the 1981 census.
\item[ssDist] distance from the community to the nearest clinic.
}
\end{Format}
\begin{Source}\relax
These data are available at
\url{http://data.princeton.edu/multilevel/guPrenat.dat}.  Multiple
indicator columns in the original data table have been collapsed to
factors for this data frame.
\end{Source}
\begin{References}\relax
Rodriguez, Germán and Goldman, Noreen (1995), "Improved estimation
procedures for multilevel models with binary response: a case-study",
\emph{Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A}, \bold{164},
339-355.
\end{References}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
data(guPrenat)
summary(guPrenat)
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

