Socatt                package:mlmRev                R Documentation

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_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)

