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forgnlit30: Foreign-born literacy in 1930

Description

This data set contains, on a state level, the proportion of white residents ten years and older who are foreign born, and the proportion of those residents who are literate. Data come from the 1930 census and were first analyzed by Robinson (1950).

Arguments

Format

A data frame containing 5 variables and 48 observations

Xnumericproportion of the white population at least 10 years of age that is foreign born
Ynumericproportion of the white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate
W1numericproportion of the foreign-born white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate
W2numericproportion of the native-born white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate
ICPSRnumericthe ICPSR state code

References

Robinson, W.S. (1950). ``Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals.'' American Sociological Review, vol. 15, pp.351-357.