Sashelp Data Sets


1980 US Presidential Election Data

The Sashelp.Vote1980 data set contains US county votes-cast proportions and demographic and geographic characteristics for 3,107 US counties in the 1980 presidential election (Pace and Barry, 1997). The six explanatory variables are as follows: the population 18 years of age or older (Pop), the population with 12th-grade or higher education (Edu), the number of owned housing units (Houses), the aggregate income (Income), and scaled longitude and latitude of geographic centroids (Longitude, Latitude). The dependent variable LogVoteRate is the logarithm of the proportion of votes cast divided by the variable Pop. The following steps display information about the data set Sashelp.Vote1980 and create Figure B.17:

title 'US 1980 Presidential Election Data';
proc contents data=sashelp.vote1980 varnum;
   ods select position;
run;

title 'The First Five Observations Out of 3,107';
proc print data=sashelp.vote1980(obs=5) heading=h noobs;
run;

Figure B.17: US 1980 Presidential Election Data

US 1980 Presidential Election Data

Variables in Creation Order
# Variable Type Len Label
1 LogVoteRate Num 8 Log Votes Cast per County
2 Pop Num 8 Population of 18 Years and Older
3 Edu Num 8 Population with 12th Grade and Higher
4 Houses Num 8 Number of Owned Housing Units
5 Income Num 8 Aggregate Income
6 Longitude Num 8 Scaled Longitude
7 Latitude Num 8 Scaled Latitude

The First Five Observations Out of 3,107

LogVoteRate Pop Edu Houses Income Longitude Latitude
-0.66156 9.9729 9.2463 9.00405 12.1349 -0.86641 0.32542
-0.65086 10.9033 10.2212 9.96576 13.0566 -0.87755 0.30655
-0.61711 9.7222 8.7535 8.70765 11.6306 -0.85389 0.31863
-0.63907 9.2737 8.1831 8.27741 11.2437 -0.87127 0.32997
-0.70027 10.1515 9.2077 9.24068 12.1551 -0.86566 0.33980