UN {carData} | R Documentation

## National Statistics from the United Nations, Mostly From 2009–2011

### Description

National health, welfare, and education statistics for 213 places, mostly UN members, but also other areas like Hong Kong that are not independent countries.

### Usage

    data(UN)

### Format

A data frame with 213 rows on the following 7 variables.

`region`

  Region of the world: `Africa`, `Asia`, `Caribbean`, `Europe`, `Latin Amer`, `North America`, `NorthAtlantic`, `Oceania`.

`group`

  A factor with levels `oecd` for countries that are members of the OECD, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, as of May 2012, `africa` for countries on the African continent, and `other` for all other countries. No OECD countries are located in Africa.

`fertility`

  Total fertility rate, number of children per woman.

`ppgdp`

  Per capita gross domestic product in US dollars.

`lifeExpF`

  Female life expectancy, years.

`pctUrban`

  Percent urban.

`infantMortality`

  Infant deaths by age 1 year per 1000 live births

### Note

Similar data, from the period 2000-2003, appear in the `alr3` package under the name `UN3`. This data set was formerly named `UNlla` and replaces the older dataset named `UN`.

### Source

All data were collected from UN tables accessed at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/ on April 23, 2012. OECD membership is from www.oecd.org, accessed May 25, 2012.

### References

Weisberg, S. (2014). Applied Linear Regression, 4th edition. Hoboken NJ: Wiley.

### Examples

    summary(UN)

[Package carData version 3.0-2 Index]