chredlin               package:faraway               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Data from a 1970's study on the relationship between insurance
     redlining in Chicago and racial composition, fire and theft rates,
     age of housing and income in 47 zip codes

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(chredlin)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This dataframe contains the following columns


     '_r_a_c_e' racial composition in percent minority 

     '_f_i_r_e' fires per 100 housing units 

     '_t_h_e_f_t' theft per 1000 population 

     '_a_g_e' percent of housing units built before 1939 

     '_i_n_v_o_l_a_c_t' new FAIR plan policies and renewals per 100 housing
          units 

     '_i_n_c_o_m_e' median family income in thousands of dollars

     '_s_i_d_e' North or South side of Chicago

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     Adapted from  "Data : A Collection of Problems from Many Fields
     for the Student and Research Worker"  by D. Andrews and A.
     Herzberg published by Springer-Verlag, in 1985

