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Duncan: Duncan's Occupational Prestige Data

Description

The Duncan data frame has 45 rows and 4 columns. Data on the prestige and other characteristics of 45 U. S. occupations in 1950.

Usage

Duncan

Arguments

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

type

Type of occupation. A factor with the following levels: prof, professional and managerial; wc, white-collar; bc, blue-collar.

income

Percent of males in occupation earning $3500 or more in 1950.

education

Percent of males in occupation in 1950 who were high-school graduates.

prestige

Percent of raters in NORC study rating occupation as excellent or good in prestige.

References

Fox, J. (2008) Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Second Edition. Sage.

Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2011) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition, Sage.