Data Set Information:

该数据集是1987年印度尼西亚全国避孕普及率调查的子集。这些样本是已婚妇女，她们要么没有怀孕，要么在接受采访时不知道自己是否怀孕。问题是根据妇女的人口和社会经济特征预测其当前避孕方法的选择（不使用、长期方法或短期方法）。

Attribute Information:

1. Wife's age                     (numerical)
  2. Wife's education               (categorical)      1=low, 2, 3, 4=high
  3. Husband's education            (categorical)      1=low, 2, 3, 4=high
  4. Number of children ever born   (numerical)
  5. Wife's religion                (binary)           0=Non-Islam, 1=Islam
  6. Wife's now working?            (binary)           0=Yes, 1=No
  7. Husband's occupation           (categorical)      1, 2, 3, 4
  8. Standard-of-living index       (categorical)      1=low, 2, 3, 4=high
  9. Media exposure                 (binary)           0=Good, 1=Not good
  10. Contraceptive method used     (class attribute)  1=No-use, 2=Long-term, 3=Short-term

Relevant Papers:

Lim, T.-S., Loh, W.-Y. & Shih, Y.-S. (1999). A Comparison of Prediction Accuracy, Complexity, and Training Time of Thirty-three Old and New Classification Algorithms. Machine Learning.    ([Web link] or [Web link])
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Papers That Cite This Data Set¹:

Earl Harris Jr. Information Gain Versus Gain Ratio: A Study of Split Method Biases. The MITRE Corporation/Washington C. 2001.  [View Context].

Soumya Ray and David Page. Generalized Skewing for Functions with Continuous and Nominal Attributes. Department of Computer Sciences and Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wis.  [View Context].

Jos'e L. Balc'azar. Rules with Bounded Negations and the Coverage Inference Scheme. Dept. LSI, UPC.  [View Context].

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Origin: 
This dataset is a subset of the 1987 National Indonesia Contraceptive Prevalence Survey
Creator:
Tjen-Sien Lim (limt '@' stat.wisc.edu)
Donor:  
Tjen-Sien Lim (limt '@' stat.wisc.edu)