The data in contraception.csv were collected from several sources (e.g., World Bank). The variables are:

  • country: Country name
  • region: Region of the world
  • contraceptive: Percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for women ages 15–49 who are married or in union.
  • educ_female: Average number of years of formal education (schooling) for females
  • gni: Categorical measure of the economy indicating if the country has a low or high gross national income

Preview

# A tibble: 6 x 5
  country    region                          contraceptive educ_female gni  
  <chr>      <chr>                                   <dbl>       <dbl> <chr>
1 Algeria    Middle East and North Africa               57         5.9 High 
2 Austria    Europe and Central Asia                    66         8.9 High 
3 Azerbaijan Europe and Central Asia                    55        10.5 High 
4 Bangladesh South Asia                                 62         4.6 Low  
5 Belgium    Europe and Central Asia                    67        10.5 High 
6 Belize     Latin America and the Caribbean            51         9.2 High

References

Roser, M. (2017). Fertility rate. Our world in data.

UNICEF. (2016). State of the world’s children 2016. United Nations Population Division’s World Contraceptive Use, household surveys including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.

World Bank (2019). World Bank open data.