mex_inc_2008: Mexican income data 2008
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Selection of Mexican income (survey) data and household characteristic for 2008. Extracted from ENIGH (Household Income and Expenditure Survey).

1	data(mex_inc_2008)

A data frame containing 5000 observations and 8 variables (a selection from the original).

hh_number: Household ID.
factor: Population inflating weights.
income: Household income.
hh_structure: Household structure, factor with levels unipersonal, nuclear, ampliado, compuesto and coresidente.
education: Highest achieved education of the head of the household, factor with levels Sin instruccion, Preescolar, Primaria incompleta, Primaria completa, Secundaria incompleta, Secundaria completa, Preparatoria incompleta, Preparatoria completa, Profesional incompleta, Profesional completa, Posgrado.
domicile_size: Population of domicile, factor with levels <2500, 2500-15000, 15000-100000, >100000.
age: age (integer) of the head of the household.
age_cat: age (categorical) of the head of the household , factor with levels <25, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, >=75.

This data set is a selecion of the original dataset of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography in Mexico (INEGI). The original contains 29468 observations and 129 variables with information on the income and household characteristics in Mexico. This selection is only meant to be used as a calculation example for the functions in this package. Results will not represent the correct information on the Mexican situation.

http://en.www.inegi.org.mx/proyectos/enchogares/regulares/enigh/nc/2008/default.html, the whole data set can be obtained here.

INEGI (2009), ENIGH 2008 Nueva construcci<c3><b3>n. Ingresos y gastos de los hogares, Aguascalientes: INEGI.

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