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Datafile Name: Protein
Datafile Subjects: Europe , Health , Nutrition
Story Names: Protein Consumption in Europe
Reference: Weber, A. (1973) Agrarpolitik im Spannungsfeld der internationalen Ernaehrungspolitik, Institut fuer Agrarpolitik und marktlehre, Kiel. Also found in: Gabriel, K.R. (1981) Biplot display of multivariate matrices for inspection of data and diagnosis. In Interpreting Multivariate Data (Ed. V. Barnett), New York: John Wiley & Sons, 147-173. Hand, D.J., et al. (1994) A Handbook of Small Data Sets, London: Chapman & Hall, 297-298.
Authorization: Free Use
Description: These data measure protein consumption in twenty-five European countries for nine food groups. It is possible to use multivariate methods to determine whether there are groupings of countries and whether meat consumption is related to that of other foods.
Number of cases: 25
Variable Names:
  1. Country: Country name
  2. RdMeat: Red meat
  3. WhMeat: White meat
  4. Eggs: Eggs
  5. Milk: Milk
  6. Fish: Fish
  7. Cereal: Cereals
  8. Starch: Starchy foods
  9. Nuts: Pulses, nuts, and oil-seeds
  10. Fr&Veg: Fruits and vegetables
The Data:
Country	RedMeat	WhiteMeat	Eggs	Milk	Fish	Cereals	Starch	Nuts	Fr&Veg
Albania	10.1	1.4	0.5	8.9	0.2	42.3	0.6	5.5	1.7
Austria	8.9	14.0	4.3	19.9	2.1	28.0	3.6	1.3	4.3
Belgium	13.5	9.3	4.1	17.5	4.5	26.6	5.7	2.1	4.0
Bulgaria	7.8	6.0	1.6	8.3	1.2	56.7	1.1	3.7	4.2
Czechoslovakia	9.7	11.4	2.8	12.5	2.0	34.3	5.0	1.1	4.0
Denmark	10.6	10.8	3.7	25.0	9.9	21.9	4.8	0.7	2.4
E Germany	8.4	11.6	3.7	11.1	5.4	24.6	6.5	0.8	3.6
Finland	9.5	4.9	2.7	33.7	5.8	26.3	5.1	1.0	1.4
France	18.0	9.9	3.3	19.5	5.7	28.1	4.8	2.4	6.5
Greece	10.2	3.0	2.8	17.6	5.9	41.7	2.2	7.8	6.5
Hungary	5.3	12.4	2.9	9.7	0.3	40.1	4.0	5.4	4.2
Ireland	13.9	10.0	4.7	25.8	2.2	24.0	6.2	1.6	2.9
Italy	9.0	5.1	2.9	13.7	3.4	36.8	2.1	4.3	6.7
Netherlands	9.5	13.6	3.6	23.4	2.5	22.4	4.2	1.8	3.7
Norway	9.4	4.7	2.7	23.3	9.7	23.0	4.6	1.6	2.7
Poland	6.9	10.2	2.7	19.3	3.0	36.1	5.9	2.0	6.6
Portugal	6.2	3.7	1.1	4.9	14.2	27.0	5.9	4.7	7.9
Romania	6.2	6.3	1.5	11.1	1.0	49.6	3.1	5.3	2.8
Spain	7.1	3.4	3.1	8.6	7.0	29.2	5.7	5.9	7.2
Sweden	9.9	7.8	3.5	24.7	7.5	19.5	3.7	1.4	2.0
Switzerland	13.1	10.1	3.1	23.8	2.3	25.6	2.8	2.4	4.9
UK	17.4	5.7	4.7	20.6	4.3	24.3	4.7	3.4	3.3
USSR	9.3	4.6	2.1	16.6	3.0	43.6	6.4	3.4	2.9
W Germany	11.4	12.5	4.1	18.8	3.4	18.6	5.2	1.5	3.8
Yugoslavia	4.4	5.0	1.2	9.5	0.6	55.9	3.0	5.7	3.2