R/Prosperity.R

In dtkaplan/mosaicUSAFA: Functions, data, and tutorials for the Math 141Z course

#' Measures of material well-being as a function of income.
#'
#' The data divides Americans into six groups based on income. Within
#' each group, the other variables report the percentage of households with children in the indicated
#' situation. Doctor visits are counts.
#'
#' The file ``Income-Housing.csv" contains data on incomes and housing conditions for US households divided into groups by income. (Source:
#' @format A data frame  with 6 rows and 11 variables.
#'
#' - `CrimeProblem` - Fraction of families living in an area with a crime problem
#' - `AbandonedBuildings` - Fraction of families living in an area with abandoned building
#' - `IncompleteBathroom` - Fraction of families without a complete bathroom in their dwelling.
#' - Other variables from `NoCentralHeat` to `Telephone` are similarly a fraction of families
#' - `DoctorVisitsUnder7` - (?) Average number of visits to a doctor of children under 7
#' - `DoctorVisits7To18` - (?) Average number of visits to a doctor of children in this age group.
#' - `NoDoctorVisitUnder7` - (?) Fraction of households with children under 7 who have
#' not visited a doctor (ever? in the last year?)
#' - `NoDoctorVisit7To18` - Similar, but for children aged 7 to 18.
#'
#' @source Susan E. Mayer (1997) "What money can’t buy: Family income and children’s life chances," Harvard Univ. Press p. 102.
#'

#' @docType data
#' @name Properity
#' @usage data(Prosperity)
#'
#' @keywords datasets
#'

"Prosperity"