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Swiss Fertility and Socioeconomic Indicators (1888)
Description
The 'swiss_df' dataset provides standardized fertility measures and socioeconomic indicators for 47 French-speaking provinces of Switzerland in 1888. The dataset name has been suffixed with '_df' to indicate that it is a data frame, ensuring clarity within the 'sampledatasets' package.
Usage
data(swiss_df)
Format
A data frame with 47 observations and 6 variables:
- Fertility
Standardized fertility measure (numeric).
- Agriculture
Percentage of males involved in agriculture as an occupation (numeric).
- Examination
Percentage of draftees receiving the highest mark on an army examination (integer).
- Education
Percentage of draftees with education beyond primary school (integer).
- Catholic
Percentage of Catholic individuals (numeric).
- Infant.Mortality
Infant mortality rate per 1000 live births (numeric).
Source
Data from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (1888).