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SDaA (version 0.1-5)

divorce: Data from a Sample of Divorce Records

Description

Data from a sample of divorce records for states in the Divorce Registration Area (National Center for Health Statistics 1987)

Usage

divorce

Arguments

Format

Data frame with the following 20 variables:

state

state name

abbrev

state abbreviation

samprate

sampling rate for state

numrecs

number of records sampled in state

hsblt20

number of records in sample with husband's age < 20

hsb2024

number of records with 20 <= husband's age <= 24

hsb2529

number of records with 25 <= husband's age <= 29

hsb3034

number of records with 30 <= husband's age <= 34

hsb3539

number of records with 35 <= husband's age <= 39

hsb4044

number of records with 40 <= husband's age <= 44

hsb4549

number of records with 45 <= husband's age <= 49

hsbge50

number of records with wife's age >= 50

wflt20

number of records in sample with wife's age < 20

wf2024

number of records with 20 <= wife's age <= 24

wf2529

number of records with 25 <= wife's age <= 29

wf3034

number of records with 30 <= wife's age <= 34

wf3539

number of records with 35 <= wife's age <= 39

wf4044

number of records with 40 <= wife's age <= 44

wf4549

number of records with 45 <= wife's age <= 49

wfge50

number of records with wife's age >= 50

References

Lohr (1999). Sampling: Design and Analysis, Duxbury, p. TODO and 440.