Fertility and Contraception

Description

The Robey data frame has 50 rows and 3 columns. The observations are developing nations around 1990.

Usage

Robey

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

region

A factor with levels: Africa; Asia, Asia and Pacific; Latin.Amer, Latin America and Caribbean; Near.East, Near East and North Africa.

tfr

Total fertility rate (children per woman).

contraceptors

Percent of contraceptors among married women of childbearing age.

Source

Robey, B., Shea, M. A., Rutstein, O. and Morris, L. (1992) The reproductive revolution: New survey findings. Population Reports. Technical Report M-11.

References

Fox, J. (2008) Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models, Second Edition. Sage.