Sample Turnout and Demographic Data from the 2000 Current Population Survey

Description

This data set contains turnout and demographic data from a sample of respondents to the 2000 Current Population Survey (CPS). The states represented are South Carolina and Arkansas. The data represent only a sample and results from this example should not be used in publication.

Usage

data(voteincome)

Format

A data frame containing 7 variables ("state", "year", "vote", "income", "education", "age", "female") and 1500 observations.

state

a factor variable with levels equal to "AR" (Arkansas) and "SC" (South Carolina)

year

an integer vector

vote

an integer vector taking on values "1" (Voted) and "0" (Did Not Vote)

income

an integer vector ranging from "4" (Less than \$5000) to "17" (Greater than \$75000) denoting family income. See the CPS codebook for more information on variable coding

education

an integer vector ranging from "1" (Less than High School Education) to "4" (More than a College Education). See the CPS codebook for more information on variable coding

age

an integer vector ranging from "18" to "85"

female

an integer vector taking on values "1" (Female) and "0" (Male)

Source

Census Bureau Current Population Survey

References

http://www.census.gov/cps