National health, welfare, and education statistics for 193
places, mostly UN members, but also other areas like Hong Kong that are not
independent countries.
Arguments
Format
This data frame uses
locality name as row labels. In some cases, the geographic area is
smaller than a country; for example, Hong Kong.
The file contains the following columns:
logFertility
log Expected number of live births per female, 2000
These data were collected at published by the UN from a variety of sources.
See original source for additional footnotes concerning values for
individual countries. Country names are given in the first column of the
data file.
References
Weisberg, S. (2005). Applied Linear Regression, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley, Section 3.1.