measles_survey_df: Measles Non-Vaccination Parent Survey

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Measles Non-Vaccination Parent Survey

Description

This dataset, measles_survey_df, is a data frame containing the results of a survey conducted by Roberts et al. (1995) on parents whose children had not been immunized against measles during a recent campaign targeting all children in the first five years of secondary school.

Usage

data(measles_survey_df)

Format

A data frame with 307 observations and 11 variables:

school

Factor with 10 levels indicating the school

form

Factor with 2 levels indicating school form

returnf

Factor with 2 levels indicating if the form was returned

consent

Factor with 2 levels indicating if consent was given

hadmeas

Factor with 2 levels indicating if the child had measles

previmm

Factor with 2 levels indicating previous immunization

sideeff

Factor with 2 levels indicating concerns about side effects

gp

Factor with 2 levels indicating whether GP advised

noshot

Factor with 2 levels indicating general refusal to vaccinate

notser

Factor with 2 levels indicating the child was not seriously ill

gpadv

Factor with 2 levels indicating GP advice against immunization

Details

The dataset name has been kept as measles_survey_df to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the infectiousR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix _df indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the SDaA package version 0.1-5

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