mlmRev (version 1.0-8)

guImmun: Immunization in Guatemala

Description

Immunizations received by children in Guatemala.

Usage

data(guImmun)

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 2159 observations on the following 13 variables.

kid

a factor identifying the child

mom

a factor identifying the family.

comm

a factor identifying the community.

immun

a factor indicating if the child received a complete set of immunizations. All children in this data frame received at least one immunization.

kid2p

a factor indicating if the child was 2 years or older at the time of the survey.

mom25p

a factor indicating if the mother was 25 years or older.

ord

an factor indicating the child's birth's order within the family. Levels are 01 - first child, 23 - second or third child, 46 - fourth to sixth child, 7p - seventh or later child.

ethn

a factor indicating the mother's ethnicity. Levels are L - Ladino, N - indigenous not speaking Spanish, and S - indigenous speaking Spanish.

momEd

a factor describing the mother's level of eduation. Levels are N - not finished primary, P - finished primary, S - finished secondary

husEd

a factor describing the husband's level of education. Levels are the same as for momEd plus U - unknown.

momWork

a factor indicating if the mother had ever worked outside the home.

rural

a factor indicating if the family's location is considered rural or urban.

pcInd81

the percentage of indigenous population in the community at the 1981 census.

References

Rodriguez, Germ<e1>n and Goldman, Noreen (1995), "Improved estimation procedures for multilevel models with binary response: a case-study", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 164, 339-355.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
data(guImmun)
summary(guImmun)
# }

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