Mroz                   package:car                   R Documentation

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

     The `Mroz' data frame has 753 rows and 8 columns.
 The
     observations, from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID),
 are
     married women.

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

     data(Mroz)

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

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _l_f_p labor-force participation; a factor with levels

     _l_f_p `no' 

     _l_f_p `yes' 

     _k_5 number of children 5 years old or younger.

     _k_6_1_8 number of children 6 to 18 years old.

     _a_g_e in years.

     _w_c wife's college attendance; a factor with levels

     _w_c `no' 

     _w_c `yes' 

     _h_c husband's college attendance; a factor with levels

     _h_c `no' 

     _h_c `yes' 

     _l_w_g log expected wage rate; for women in the labor force, the
          actual
 wage rate; for women not in the labor force, an
          imputed value based on the
 regression of `lwg' on the other
          variables.

     _i_n_c family income exclusive of wife's income.

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

     Mroz, T. A. (1987)
 The sensitivity of an empirical model of
     married women's hours of work to
 economic and statistical
     assumptions. 
 Econometrica 55, 765-799.

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

     Fox, J. (2000)
 Multiple and Generalized Nonparametric Regression.
     Sage.

     Long. J. S. (1997)
 Regression Models for Categorical and Limited
     Dependent Variables.
 Sage.

