Maryland area population
An artificial population of census tracts, block groups, and persons
data(MDarea.pop)
A data frame with 403,997 persons on the following variables:
PSUA grouping of block groups (BLKGROUP) which has about 5050 persons
SSUA grouping of block groups which has about 1010 persons
TRACTA geographic area defined by the Census Bureau. Tracts generally have between 1,500 and 8,000 people but have a much wider range in Anne Arundel county.
BLKGROUPBlock group. A geographic area defined by the Census Bureau. Block groups generally have between 600 and 3,000 people.
HispanicHispanic ethnicity (1=Hispanic; 2=Non-Hispanic)
GenderGender (1=Male; 2=Female)
Age23 level age category (1 = Under 5 years; 2 = 5 to 9 years; 3 = 10 to 14 years; 4 = 15 to 17 years; 5 = 18 and 19 years; 6 = 20 years; 7 = 21 years; 8 = 22 to 24 years; 9 = 25 to 29 years; 10 = 30 to 34 years; 11 = 35 to 39 years; 12 = 40 to 44 years; 13 = 45 to 49 years; 14 = 50 to 54 years; 15 = 55 to 59 years; 16 = 60 and 61 years; 17 = 62 to 64 years; 18 = 65 and 66 years; 19 = 67 to 69 years; 20 = 70 to 74 years; 21 = 75 to 79 years; 22 = 80 to 84 years; 23 = 85 years and over)
personCounter for person within tract/block group/Hispanic/Gender/Age combination
y1Artificial continuous variable
y2Artificial continuous variable
y3Artificial continuous variable
ins.covMedical coverage (0 = person does not have medical insurance coverage; 1 = person has medical insurance coverage)
hosp.stayOvernight hospital stay (0 = person did not have an overnight hospital stay in last 12 months; 1 = person did have an overnight hospital stay in last 12 months)
A dataset of 403,997 persons based on the 2000 decennial U.S. Census for Anne Arundel County
in the state of Maryland. Person records were generated based on counts from the 2000 census.
Individual values for each person were generated using models.
Groupings to form the variables PSU and SSU were done after sorting the census file by tract and block group within tract.
2000 U.S. decennial census, http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
data(MDarea.pop) str(MDarea.pop) table(MDarea.pop$TRACT) table(MDarea.pop$TRACT, MDarea.pop$Hispanic)
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