>Description</h3>

<p>This data consists of 150 randomly selected persons from a survey
with information on over 2000 elderly US citizens, where the response,
indicates participation in the U.S. Food Stamp Program.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre><code class='language-R'>data(foodstamp, package="robustbase")</code></pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 150 observations on the following 4 variables.
</p>

<dl>
<dt><code>participation</code></dt><dd><p>participation in U.S. Food Stamp Program; yes = 1, no