Nigeria: Sample dataset

In brechtdv/rineq: Statistical Analysis of Health Inequalities

Sample dataset

Description

A sample dataset, based on a DHS household survey of Nigeria (2013).

Usage

data(nigeria)

Format

A data frame with 999 observations on the following 15 variables.

wealth

a numeric vector; the household's wealth

quintile

a factor; the household's wealth quintile

agechild

a integer vector; the child's age in months

bord

a integer vector; the birth order

agemother

a integer vector; the mother's age in years

ed

a factor with levels "education" and "no education"

rural

a factor with levels "N": urban and "Y":rural

region

a factor; region of residence

reg

a factor; region in which the respondent was interviewed

PSU

a numeric vector; cluster number (enumeration areas drawn from census files)

weight

a numeric vector; the sample weight

male

a factor; sex of the child (1= male, 0= female)

zscore

a numeric vector; the height-for-age standard deviation (an indicator of malnutrition)

zscore1

a numeric vector; transformed z-score: the minimum value was subtracted to all observations to have only positive values

Source

http://www.measuredhs.com

Examples

data(nigeria)
names(nigeria)

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