The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality
November 19, 2010
NAME: The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality
TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 97 observations, 8 variables
DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT:
For 97 countries in the world, data are given for birth rates, death rates, infant death rates, life expectancies for males and females, and
Gross National Product.
SOURCES:
Day, A. (ed.) (1992), _The Annual Register 1992_, 234, London:
Longmans.
_U.N.E.S.C.O. 1990 Demographic Year Book_ (1990), New York: United
Nations.
VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS:
Columns
1 - 6 Live birth rate per 1,000 of population 7 - 14 Death rate per 1,000 of population
15 - 22 Infant deaths per 1,000 of population under 1 year old
23 - 30 Life expectancy at birth for males
31 - 38 Life expectancy at birth for females
39 - 46 Gross National Product per capita in U.S. dollars
47 - 52 Country Group 1 = Eastern Europe 2 = South America and Mexico 3 = Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand 4 = Middle East 5 = Asia 6 = Africa
53 - 74 Country
Values are aligned and delimited by blanks.
Missing values are denoted with *.
The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality
This paper describes a case study based on data taken from the U.N.E.S.C.O. 1990 Demographic Year Book and The Annual Register 1992 giving birth rates, death rates, life expectancies, and Gross National Products for 97 countries. When reviewing the statistics about poverty and inequality in countries around the world, It was found that: From running a birth rate histogram on all the countries, it is hard to determine what the birth rate means are per country or country group. A statistics summary was run and it was found that the mean birth rate for all the countries data was 29.22989. We were then interested in the correlation between birth rates and GNP. Country groups and Group GNP’s were then compared to answer the four following questions: (1) Does Low GNP = Low Birth rate? (2)
NAME: The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality
TYPE: Sample
SIZE: 97 observations, 8 variables
DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT:
For 97 countries in the world, data are given for birth rates, death rates, infant death rates, life expectancies for males and females, and
Gross National Product.
SOURCES:
Day, A. (ed.) (1992), _The Annual Register 1992_, 234, London:
Longmans.
_U.N.E.S.C.O. 1990 Demographic Year Book_ (1990), New York: United
Nations.
VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS:
Columns
1 - 6 Live birth rate per 1,000 of population 7 - 14 Death rate per 1,000 of population
15 - 22 Infant deaths per 1,000 of population under 1 year old
23 - 30 Life expectancy at birth for males
31 - 38 Life expectancy at birth for females
39 - 46 Gross National Product per capita in U.S. dollars
47 - 52 Country Group 1 = Eastern Europe 2 = South America and Mexico 3 = Western Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand 4 = Middle East 5 = Asia 6 = Africa
53 - 74 Country
Values are aligned and delimited by blanks.
Missing values are denoted with *.
The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality
This paper describes a case study based on data taken from the U.N.E.S.C.O. 1990 Demographic Year Book and The Annual Register 1992 giving birth rates, death rates, life expectancies, and Gross National Products for 97 countries. When reviewing the statistics about poverty and inequality in countries around the world, It was found that: From running a birth rate histogram on all the countries, it is hard to determine what the birth rate means are per country or country group. A statistics summary was run and it was found that the mean birth rate for all the countries data was 29.22989. We were then interested in the correlation between birth rates and GNP. Country groups and Group GNP’s were then compared to answer the four following questions: (1) Does Low GNP = Low Birth rate? (2)