gamlss.data (version 4.2-0)

Mums: Mothers encouragement data

Description

Mothers encouragement for participation in Higher Education. The response variable is mums a three level factor which can be used in a multinomial Logistic model or mumsB a two level factor suitable for binary logistic model.

Usage

data(Mums)

docType

data

source

Professor Robert Gilchrist director of STORM at London Metropolitan

Details

The data were collected as part of the Social Class and widening Participation in Higher Education Project based at the University of North London (now London Metropolitan University) and supported by the University's Development and Diversity Fund over the period 1998-2000.

References

Collier T., Gilchrist R. and Phillips D. (2003), Who Plans to Go to University? Statistical Modelling of potential Working-Class Participants, Education Research and Evaluation, Vol 9, No 3, pp 239-263.

Examples

data(Mums)
MM<-xtabs(~mums+qual, data=Mums)
mosaicplot(MM, color=TRUE)
MM<-xtabs(~mums+ethn+gender, data=Mums)
mosaicplot(MM, color=TRUE)