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).
A data frame containing 5 variables and 48 observations
X | numeric | proportion of the white population at least 10 years of age that is foreign born |
Y | numeric | proportion of the white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate |
W1 | numeric | proportion of the foreign-born white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate |
W2 | numeric | proportion of the native-born white population at least 10 years of age that is illiterate |
ICPSR | numeric | the ICPSR state code |
Robinson, W.S. (1950). ``Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals.'' American Sociological Review, vol. 15, pp.351-357.