Prenatal care in Guatemala

Description

Data on the prenatal care received by mothers in Guatemala.

Usage

data(guPrenat)

Format

A data frame with 2449 observations on the following 15 variables.

kid

a factor identifying the birth

mom

a factor identifying the mother or family

cluster

a factor identifying the community

prenat

a factor indicating if traditional or modern prenatal care was provided for the birth.

childAge

an ordered factor of the child's age at the time of the survey.

motherAge

a factor indicating if the mother was older or younger. The cut-off age is 25 years.

birthOrd

an ordered factor for the birth's order within the family.

indig

a factor indicating if the mother is Ladino, or indigenous not speaking Spanish, or indigenous speaking Spanish.

momEd

a factor describing the mother's level of eduation.

husEd

a factor describing the husband's level of education.

husEmpl

a factor describing the husband's employment status.

toilet

a factor indicating if there is a modern toilet in the house.

TV

a factor indicating if there is a TV in the house and, if so, the frequency with which it is used.

pcInd81

the percentage of indigenous population in the community at the 1981 census.

ssDist

distance from the community to the nearest clinic.

Source

These data are available at http://data.princeton.edu/multilevel/guPrenat.dat. Multiple indicator columns in the original data table have been collapsed to factors for this data frame.

References

Rodriguez, Germán and Goldman, Noreen (1995), "Improved estimation procedures for multilevel models with binary response: a case-study", Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 164, 339-355.

Examples

data(guPrenat)
summary(guPrenat)