3 Simulated Multi-Country Data
This website makes use of simulated data. Data come from 30 hypothetical countries. Data contain measures of a few key aspects of parenting1 or caregiving that have proven salient in the empirical literature on parenting to date. The outcome is aggression against other children.
Variable Values
Most variables in this data set are dichotomous, and are coded 0/1 with 0 = "no" and 1 = "yes". More descriptive no/yes value labels could be added in most statistical packages.
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load("./simulate-data/MICSsimulated.RData")3.1 Variables and Variable Labels
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labelled::look_for(MICSsimulated) pos variable label col_type missing values
1 id id int 0
2 country country int 0
3 GII Gender Inequality Index int 0
4 HDI Human Development Index int 0
5 cd1 spank int 0
6 cd2 beat int 0
7 cd3 shout int 0
8 cd4 explain int 0
9 aggression aggression int 0 3.2 A Sample Of The Data
A sample of the data is given below.
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head(MICSsimulated) id country GII HDI cd1 cd2 cd3 cd4 aggression
1 1 1 20 24 0 0 1 1 1
2 2 1 20 24 0 0 1 1 1
3 3 1 20 24 0 0 1 1 1
4 4 1 20 24 0 0 0 0 1
5 5 1 20 24 1 0 1 1 0
6 6 1 20 24 0 0 1 1 1We use the term parenting throughout this site, but are aware that such parenting may come from biological parents, or from other caregivers.↩︎