Prestige               package:effects               R Documentation

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

     The 'Prestige' data frame has 102 rows and 6 columns. The
     observations are occupations.

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

     Prestige

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _e_d_u_c_a_t_i_o_n Average education (years) of occupational incumbents, in
          1971. 

     _i_n_c_o_m_e Average income (dollars) of incumbents, 1971.

     _w_o_m_e_n Percentage of incumbents who are women, 1971.

     _p_r_e_s_t_i_g_e Pineo-Porter prestige score for occupation, from a social
          survey conducted in the mid-1960s.

     _c_e_n_s_u_s Canadian Census occupational code.

     _t_y_p_e Type of occupation. A factor with levels (note: out of
          order): 'bc', Blue Collar; 'prof', Professional, Managerial,
          and Technical; 'wc', White Collar. 


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

     Canada (1971) _Census of Canada_. Vol. 3, Part 6. Statistics
     Canada [pp. 19-1-19-21].

     Personal communication from B. Blishen, W. Carroll, and C. Moore,
     Departments of Sociology, York University and University of
     Victoria.

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

     Fox, J. (1997) _Applied Regression, Linear Models, and Related
     Methods._ Sage.

