UN98: United Nations Social Indicators Data 1998]
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Social indicators data on 207 nations distributed by the United Nations circa 1998.

1	data("UN98")

A data frame with 207 observations on the following 13 variables.

region: a factor with alphabetical levels Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Oceania.
tfr: total fertility rate, number of children per woman.
contraception: percentage of married women using any method of contraception.
educationMale: average number of years of education for men.
educationFemale: average number of years of education for women.
lifeMale: expectation of life at birth for males.
lifeFemale: expectation of life at birth for females.
infantMortality: infant deaths per 1000 live births.
GDPperCapita: gross domestic product per person in U.S. dollars.
economicActivityMale: percentage of men who are economically active.
economicActivityFemale: percentage of women who are economically active.
illiteracyMale: percentage of males 15 years of age and older who are illiterate.
illiteracyFemale: percentage of females 15 years of age and older who are illiterate.

In a few cases where the percentages of males and females 15 and older who are illiterate were unavailable, these variables were filled in by regression imputation from the corresponding percentages 25 and older who are illiterate.

Downloaded from http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/social/main.htm in 1998.

1	summary(UN98)

     region        tfr        contraception   educationMale   educationFemale 
 Africa :55   Min.   :1.190   Min.   : 2.00   Min.   : 3.30   Min.   : 2.000  
 America:41   1st Qu.:1.950   1st Qu.:21.00   1st Qu.: 9.75   1st Qu.: 9.325  
 Asia   :50   Median :3.070   Median :47.00   Median :11.25   Median :11.650  
 Europe :44   Mean   :3.529   Mean   :43.43   Mean   :11.41   Mean   :11.275  
 Oceania:17   3rd Qu.:4.980   3rd Qu.:64.00   3rd Qu.:13.90   3rd Qu.:13.650  
              Max.   :8.000   Max.   :86.00   Max.   :17.20   Max.   :17.800  
              NA's   :10      NA's   :63      NA's   :131     NA's   :131     
    lifeMale       lifeFemale    infantMortality   GDPperCapita  
 Min.   :36.00   Min.   :39.10   Min.   :  2.00   Min.   :   36  
 1st Qu.:57.38   1st Qu.:59.60   1st Qu.: 12.00   1st Qu.:  442  
 Median :66.50   Median :72.15   Median : 30.00   Median : 1779  
 Mean   :63.63   Mean   :68.39   Mean   : 43.48   Mean   : 6262  
 3rd Qu.:70.90   3rd Qu.:76.42   3rd Qu.: 66.00   3rd Qu.: 7272  
 Max.   :77.40   Max.   :82.90   Max.   :169.00   Max.   :42416  
 NA's   :11      NA's   :11      NA's   :6        NA's   :10     
 economicActivityMale economicActivityFemale illiteracyMale   illiteracyFemale
 Min.   :51.20        Min.   : 1.90          Min.   : 0.200   Min.   : 0.200  
 1st Qu.:72.30        1st Qu.:37.00          1st Qu.: 2.952   1st Qu.: 4.847  
 Median :76.80        Median :48.40          Median :10.829   Median :20.100  
 Mean   :76.46        Mean   :46.79          Mean   :17.555   Mean   :27.906  
 3rd Qu.:81.20        3rd Qu.:56.40          3rd Qu.:27.575   3rd Qu.:48.025  
 Max.   :93.00        Max.   :90.60          Max.   :79.100   Max.   :93.400  
 NA's   :42           NA's   :42             NA's   :47       NA's   :47