bayesTFR (version 4.2-0)

UN_time: Dataset with UN-specific Time Coding

Description

Dataset used by the UN for coding time. It is an TAB-separated ASCII file called UN_time.txt.

Usage

data(UN_time)

Rdversion

1.1

docType

data

source

Data provided by the United Nations Population Division

Details

For 5-year period data, fertility rates are defined from 1 July of year (t) to 1 July of year (t+5), with 1 January of year (t+3) as exact mid-date. This means for example that data for 2000-2005, refer to the period between 2000.5 and 2005.5, with 2003.0 as exact mid-point.

Examples

data(UN_time)
str(UN_time)