wpp2012-package: World Population Prospects 2012
Description
Data from the United Nations World Population Prospects 2012.source
These datasets are based on estimates and projections of United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013).Details
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Package: wpp2012
Version: 1.0-0
Date: 2013-6-13
Depends: R (>= 2.14.2)
License: GPL (>= 2)
URL: http://esa.un.org/wpp
}The package contains the following datasets:
- tfr,tfr_supplemental,tfrprojMed,tfrprojHigh,tfrprojLow: estimates and projections of total fertility rate
- e0F,e0M,e0F_supplemental,e0M_supplemental,e0Fproj,e0Mproj: sex-specific estimates and projections of life expectancy
- popF,popM,popFprojMed,popMprojMed,popFprojHigh,popMprojHigh,popFprojLow,popMprojLow: age- and sex-specific population estimates and projections
- mxF,mxM: age- and sex-specific mortality rates
- migrationF,migrationM: age- and sex-specific net migration (see note below)
- sexRatio: sex ratio at birth as a ratio of female to male
- percentASFR: distribution of age-specific fertility rates
- UNlocations: location dataset
References
World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. (http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp) Special Tabulations.