UN3: National statistics from the United Nations
Description
National health, welfare, and education statistics for 210
places, mostly UN members, but also other areas like Hong Kong that are not
independent countries. Only 125 localities have data present for all the variables.source
More recent values for these variables can be obtained from the following
web pages:
(1) ModernC:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/contraceptive.htm;
(2) change:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/population.htm;
(3) PPgdp:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/inc-eco.htm;
(4) Frate:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/inc-eco.htm;
(5) Pop:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/population.htm;
(6) Fertility:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/tab2c.htm;
(7) Purban:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/hum-sets.htm.Details
These data were collected 2000-2003 and published by the UN from a variety of sources.
See original source for additional footnotes concerning values for
individual countries. Missing values in the data file indicated values
for which no data is available, and will generally occur in less-developed
localities.References
Weisberg, S. (in press). Applied Linear Regression, 4th
edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.