couples.csv

husbandswives.csv

Description

These datasets contains samples of heterosexual married couples. The second dataset is taken from a 1980 study of the heights and weights of the adult population in Great Britain. They represent a random sample of married couples.

Variables—Couples Dataset

Rows: 201
Columns: 5
$ Names   <chr> "John and Judy", "Carl and Kathryn", "Craig and Jackie", "Larr…
$ wAge    <dbl> 43, 28, 30, 57, 52, 27, 52, NA, 43, 23, 25, 39, 32, NA, 35, 33…
$ hAge    <dbl> 49, 25, 40, 52, 58, 32, 43, 42, 47, 31, 26, 40, 35, 45, 35, 35…
$ wHeight <dbl> 1590, 1560, 1620, 1540, 1420, 1660, 1610, 1635, 1580, 1610, 15…
$ hHeight <dbl> 1809, 1841, 1659, 1779, 1616, 1695, 1730, 1753, 1740, 1685, 17…
# A tibble: 6 × 5
  Names              wAge  hAge wHeight hHeight
  <chr>             <dbl> <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl>
1 John and Judy        43    49    1590    1809
2 Carl and Kathryn     28    25    1560    1841
3 Craig and Jackie     30    40    1620    1659
4 Larry and Susan      57    52    1540    1779
5 Scott and Susan      52    58    1420    1616
6 John and Margaret    27    32    1660    1695

Variables—Husbands and Wives Dataset

Rows: 199
Columns: 8
$ Age_Husband          <dbl> 49, 25, 40, 52, 58, 32, 43, 42, 47, 31, 26, 40, 3…
$ Ht_Husband           <dbl> 1809, 1841, 1659, 1779, 1616, 1695, 1730, 1753, 1…
$ Age_Wife             <dbl> 43, 28, 30, 57, 52, 27, 52, NA, 43, 23, 25, 39, 3…
$ Ht_Wife              <dbl> 1590, 1560, 1620, 1540, 1420, 1660, 1610, 1635, 1…
$ Age_Husb_at_Marriage <dbl> 25, 19, 38, 26, 30, 23, 33, 30, 26, 26, 23, 23, 3…
$ Years_Married        <dbl> 24, 6, 2, 26, 28, 9, 10, 12, 21, 5, 3, 17, 4, 4, …
$ Age_Wife_At_Marriage <dbl> 19, 22, 28, 31, 24, 18, 42, NA, 22, 18, 22, 22, 2…
$ Duration             <chr> ">20", "<= 20", "<= 20", ">20", ">20", "<= 20", "…
# A tibble: 6 × 8
  Age_Husband Ht_Husband Age_Wife Ht_Wife Age_Husb_at_…¹ Years…² Age_W…³ Durat…⁴
        <dbl>      <dbl>    <dbl>   <dbl>          <dbl>   <dbl>   <dbl> <chr>  
1          49       1809       43    1590             25      24      19 >20    
2          25       1841       28    1560             19       6      22 <= 20  
3          40       1659       30    1620             38       2      28 <= 20  
4          52       1779       57    1540             26      26      31 >20    
5          58       1616       52    1420             30      28      24 >20    
6          32       1695       27    1660             23       9      18 <= 20  
# … with abbreviated variable names ¹​Age_Husb_at_Marriage, ²​Years_Married,
#   ³​Age_Wife_At_Marriage, ⁴​Duration

References

Source 1: https://dasl.datadescription.com/datafile/couples/

Source 2: Marsh, C. (1988) Exploring Data. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 315.

Chalabi, M. (2014, December 4). How Common Is It For A Man To Be Shorter Than His Partner? [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-common-is-it-for-a-man-to-be-shorter-than-his-partner/

Chalabi, M. (2015, January 22). What’s The Average Age Difference In A Couple? [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/whats-the-average-age-difference-in-a-couple/

Stulp G, Buunk AP, Pollet TV, Nettle D, Verhulst S (2013) Are Human Mating Preferences with Respect to Height Reflected in Actual Pairings?. PLOS ONE 8(1): e54186. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054186