cmob                 package:faraway                 R Documentation

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

     Social class mobility from 1971 to 1981 for 42425 men from the
     United Kingdom census. Subjects were aged 45-64.

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

     data(cmob)

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

     A data frame with 36 observations on the following 3 variables.

     _y Frequency of observation

     _c_l_a_s_s_7_1 social class in 1971 - a factor with levels 'I',
          professionals, 'II' semi-professionals, 'IIIN' skilled
          non-manual, 'IIIM' skilled manual, 'IV' semi-skilled, 'V'
          unskilled

     _c_l_a_s_s_8_1 social class in 1971 - a factor with levels 'I' 'II'
          'IIIN' 'IIIM' 'IV' 'V' with same classification

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

     D. Blane and S. Harding and M. Rosato (1999) "Does social mobility
     affect the size of the socioeconomic mortality differential?:
     Evidence from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal
     Study" JRSS-A, 162 59-70.

