R Dataset / Package mosaicData / Marriage

November 27, 2023

On this R-data statistics page, you will find information about the Marriage data set which pertains to Marriage records. The Marriage data set is found in the mosaicData R package. You can load the Marriage data set in R by issuing the following command at the console data("Marriage"). This will load the data into a variable called Marriage. If R says the Marriage data set is not found, you can try installing the package by issuing this command install.packages("mosaicData") and then attempt to reload the data with the library() command. If you need to download R, you can go to the R project website. You can download a CSV (comma separated values) version of the Marriage R data set. The size of this file is about 11,393 bytes.

Marriage records

Description

Marriage records from the Mobile County, Alabama, probate court.

Usage

data(Marriage)

Format

A data frame with 98 observations on the following variables.

  • bookpageID a factor with levels for each book and page (unique identifier)

  • appdate a factor with levels corresponding to each of the dates on which the application was filed (in the form MO/DY/YY, e.g. 1/22/99 represents January 22, 1999)

  • ceremonydate a factor with levels corresponding to the date of the ceremony

  • delay number of days between the application and the ceremony

  • officialTitle a factor with levels BISHOP CATHOLIC PRIEST CHIEF CLERK CIRCUIT JUDGE ELDER MARRIAGE OFFICIAL MINISTER PASTOR REVEREND

  • person a factor with levels Bride Groom

  • dob a factor with levels corresponding to the date of birth of the person

  • age age of the person (in years)

  • race a factor with levels American Indian Black Hispanic White

  • prevcount the number of previous marriages of the person, as listed on the application

  • prevconc the way the last marriage ended, as listed on the application

  • hs the number of years of high school education, as listed on the application

  • college the number of years College education, as listed on the application. Where no number was listed, this field was left blank, unless less than 12 years High School was reported, in which case it was entered as 0.

  • dayOfBirth the day of birth, as a number from 1 to 365 counting from January 1

  • sign the astrological sign, with levels Aquarius Aries Cancer Capricorn Gemini Leo Libra Pisces Saggitarius Scorpio Taurus Virgo

Details

The calculation of the astrological sign may not correctly sort people directly on the borders between signs. This variable is not part of the original record.

Source

The records were collected through http://www.mobilecounty.org/probatecourt/recordssearch.htm

Examples

data(Marriage)

Dataset imported from https://www.r-project.org.

Attachments: csv, json

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