UN2 {alr3}R Documentation

National statistics from the United Nations

Description

National health, welfare, and education statistics for 193 places, mostly UN members, but also other areas like Hong Kong that are not independent countries.

Usage

data(UN2)

Format

This data frame uses locality name as row labels. In some cases, the geographic area is smaller than a country; for example, Hong Kong. The file contains the following columns:

logFertility

log Expected number of live births per female, 2000

logPPgdp

Log Per capita 2001 GDP, in US \$

Purban

Percent of population that is urban, 2001

Details

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. Country names are given in the first column of the data file.

Source

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic

References

Weisberg, S. (2005). Applied Linear Regression, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley, Section 3.1.

Examples

data(UN2)

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