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<h2>Prestige of Canadian Occupations</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>


<p>The <code>Prestige</code> data frame has 102 rows and 6 columns.
The observations are occupations.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
Prestige
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<h3>Format</h3>


<p>This data frame contains the following columns:
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<dl>
<dt>education</dt><dd>
<p>Average education of occupational incumbents, years, in 1971. 
</p>
</dd>
<dt>income</dt><dd>
<p>Average income of incumbents, dollars, in 1971.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>women</dt><dd>
<p>Percentage of incumbents who are women.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>prestige</dt><dd>
<p>Pineo-Porter prestige score for occupation, from a social survey
conducted in the mid-1960s.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>census</dt><dd>
<p>Canadian Census occupational code.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>type</dt><dd>
<p>Type of occupation.
A factor with levels (note: out of order):
<code>bc</code>, Blue Collar;
<code>prof</code>, Professional, Managerial, and Technical;
<code>wc</code>, White Collar. 
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</dd>
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<h3>Source</h3>


<p>Canada (1971)
<EM>Census of Canada</EM>. Vol. 3, Part 6. Statistics Canada [pp. 19-1&ndash;19-21].
</p>
<p>Personal communication from B. Blishen, W. Carroll, and
C. Moore, Departments of Sociology, York University and
University of Victoria.
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<h3>References</h3>


<p>Fox, J. (2008)
<EM>Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models</EM>,
Second Edition. Sage.  
</p>
<p>Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2011) 
<EM>An R Companion to Applied Regression</EM>, Second Edition, Sage.
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