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.
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
head(UN2)