R: Immunization in Guatemala

guImmun {mlmRev} | R Documentation

## Immunization in Guatemala

### Description

Immunizations received by children in Guatemala.

### Usage

    data(guImmun)

### Format

A data frame with 2159 observations on the following 13 variables.

kid

  a factor identifying the child

mom

  a factor identifying the family.

comm

  a factor identifying the community.

immun

  a factor indicating if the child received a complete set of immunizations. All children in this data frame received at least one immunization.

kid2p

  a factor indicating if the child was 2 years or older at the time of the survey.

mom25p

  a factor indicating if the mother was 25 years or older.

ord

  an factor indicating the child's birth's order within the family. Levels are `01` - first child, `23` - second or third child, `46` - fourth to sixth child, `7p` - seventh or later child.

ethn

  a factor indicating the mother's ethnicity. Levels are `L` - Ladino, `N` - indigenous not speaking Spanish, and `S` - indigenous speaking Spanish.

momEd

  a factor describing the mother's level of eduation. Levels are `N` - not finished primary, `P` - finished primary, `S` - finished secondary

husEd

  a factor describing the husband's level of education. Levels are the same as for `momEd` plus `U` - unknown.

momWork

  a factor indicating if the mother had ever worked outside the home.

rural

  a factor indicating if the family's location is considered rural or urban.

pcInd81

  the percentage of indigenous population in the community at the 1981 census.

### Source

These data are available at http://data.princeton.edu/multilevel/guImmun.dat. Multiple indicator columns in the original data table have been collapsed to factors for this data frame.

### References

Rodriguez, Germán and Goldman, Noreen (1995), "Improved estimation procedures for multilevel models with binary response: a case-study", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 164, 339-355.

### Examples

    data(guImmun)
    summary(guImmun)

[Package mlmRev version 1.0-6 Index]