sampling (version 2.9)

belgianmunicipalities: The Belgian municipalities population

Description

This data provides information about the Belgian population of July 1, 2004 compared to that of July 1, 2003, and some financial information about the municipality incomes at the end of 2001.

Usage

data(belgianmunicipalities)

Format

A data frame with 589 observations on the following 17 variables:

Commune

municipality name.

INS

`Institut National de statistique' code.

Province

province number.

Arrondiss

administrative division number.

Men04

number of men on July 1, 2004.

Women04

number of women on July 1, 2004.

Tot04

total population on July 1, 2004.

Men03

number of men on July 1, 2003.

Women03

number of women on July 1, 2003.

Tot03

total population on July 1, 2003.

Diffmen

number of men on July 1, 2004 minus the number of men on July 1, 2003.

Diffwom

number of women on July 1, 2004 minus the number of women on July 1, 2003.

DiffTOT

difference between the total population on July 1, 2004 and on July 1, 2003.

TaxableIncome

total taxable income in euros in 2001.

Totaltaxation

total taxation in euros in 2001.

averageincome

average of the income-tax return in euros in 2001.

medianincome

median of the income-tax return in euros in 2001.

Examples

data(belgianmunicipalities)
hist(belgianmunicipalities$medianincome)