Duncan                  package:car                  R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

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

_U_s_a_g_e:


     data(Duncan)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _t_y_p_e Type of occupation.
 A factor with the following levels:
          `prof', professional and managerial;
 `wc', white-collar;
          `bc', blue-collar.
 

     _i_n_c_o_m_e Percent of males in occupation earning $3500 or more in
          1950.
 

     _e_d_u_c_a_t_i_o_n Percent of males in occupation in 1950 who were
          high-school graduates.
 

     _p_r_e_s_t_i_g_e Percent of raters in NORC study rating occupation as
          excellent or good in prestige.
 

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Duncan, O. D. (1961) 
 A socioeconomic index for all occupations.
     In Reiss, A. J., Jr. (Ed.)
 Occupations and Social Status. Free
     Press 
 [Table VI-1].

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Fox, J. (1997)
 Applied Regression, Linear Models, and Related
     Methods. Sage.

