
Data from a sample of individuals in the American Community Survey


datasets

Data sets and other utilities for
'Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data'
by Lock, Lock, Lock, Lock and Lock
(ISBN : 978-0-470-60187-7, http://lock5stat.com/).

Randall Pruim

Lock5withR

Datasets for 'Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data'

ACS function

A dataset with 1000 observations on the following 9 variables.
<ul>
<li><code>Sex</code>  a factor with levels <code>Female</code> and <code>Male</code> 
</li>
<li><code>Age</code> age in years 
</li>
<li><code>Married</code> a factor with levels <code>Married</code> and <code>Not Married</code> 
</li>
<li><code>Income</code>
Wages and salary for the past 12 months (in \$1,000's) 
</li>
<li><code>HoursWk</code>
Hours of work per week 
</li>
<li><code>Race</code>  a factor with levels <code>asian</code>, <code>black</code>,
<code>white</code>, or <code>other</code>  
</li>
<li><code>USCitizen</code> a factor wit two levels (<code>Citizen</code> and 
<code>Noncitizen</code>).
</li>
<li><code>HealthInsurance</code> a factor with two levels (<code>Insured</code> and 
<code>Uninsured</code>
</li>
<li><code>Language</code>  a factor with two levels (<code>English</code> and <code>Other</code>)
</li>
</ul>

Format

The full public dataset can be downloaded at 
<a href="http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/pums.html">http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/pums.html</a>, and the
full list of variables are at 
<a href="http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance.html">http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/guidance.html</a>.

ACS: American Community Survey

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