forgnlit30c               package:eco               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data set contains, on a county level, the proportion of white
     residents ten years and older who are foreign born, and the
     proportion of those residents who are literate.  Data come from
     the 1930 census and were first analyzed by Robinson (1950).
     Counties with fewer than 100 foreign born residents are dropped.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(forgnlit30c)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A data frame containing 6 variables and 1976 observations

       X       numeric  proportion of the white population at least 10 years of age that is foreign born
       Y       numeric  proportion of the white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate
       W1      numeric  proportion of the foreign-born white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate
       W2      numeric  proportion of the native-born white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate
       state   numeric  the ICPSR state code
       county  numeric  the ICPSR (within state) county code

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Robinson, W.S. (1950). ``Ecological Correlations and the Behavior
     of Individuals.'' _American Sociological Review_, vol. 15,
     pp.351-357.

