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\docType{data}
\name{employment.int}
\alias{employment.int}
\title{European Employment by Gender and Age Interval Dataset}
\format{
A data frame with 12 observations and 20 columns (9 interval variables
in \code{_l}/\code{_u} Min-Max pairs, plus a group label and class):
\itemize{
    \item \code{group}: Sex-age group identifier (character).
    \item \code{full_time_l}, \code{full_time_u}: Full-time employment proportion range.
    \item \code{part_time_l}, \code{part_time_u}: Part-time employment proportion range.
    \item \code{primary_studies_l}, \code{primary_studies_u}: Primary studies proportion range.
    \item \code{secondary_studies_l}, \code{secondary_studies_u}: Secondary studies proportion range.
    \item \code{uni_studies_l}, \code{uni_studies_u}: University studies proportion range.
    \item \code{employee_l}, \code{employee_u}: Employee proportion range.
    \item \code{manufacturing_l}, \code{manufacturing_u}: Manufacturing sector proportion range.
    \item \code{construction_l}, \code{construction_u}: Construction sector proportion range.
    \item \code{wholesale_retail_l}, \code{wholesale_retail_u}: Wholesale/retail proportion range.
    \item \code{class}: Group classification (numeric).
}
}
\usage{
data(employment.int)
}
\description{
Interval-valued proportions for 12 sex-age population groups across
employment variables (employment type, education, industry sector,
occupation, marital status). Used for factorial discriminant analysis.
}
\section{Metadata}{

\tabular{ll}{
  \strong{Sample size (n)} \tab 12 \cr
  \strong{Variables (p)} \tab 20 \cr
  \strong{Subject area} \tab Economics \cr
  \strong{Symbolic format} \tab Interval \cr
  \strong{Analytical tasks} \tab Discriminant analysis, Classification
}
}

\examples{
data(employment.int)
}
\references{
Diday, E. and Noirhomme-Fraiture, M. (Eds.) (2008). \emph{Symbolic Data
Analysis and the SODAS Software}. Wiley. Table 18.1.
}
\keyword{datasets}
\keyword{discriminant}
\keyword{interval}
