This function allows you to calculate poor and indigent people or household — poverty • ech

This function allows you to calculate poor and indigent people or household

poverty(
  data = ech::toy_ech_2018,
  scale = 0.8,
  region_4 = "region_4",
  dpto = "dpto",
  ht11 = "ht11",
  ht19 = "ht19",
  numero = "numero"
)

Arguments

data: data.frame
scale: equivalency scale
region_4: Variable name of region. Default: region_4
dpto: Variable name of departamento. Default: dpto
ht11: Variable name of income. Default: ht11
ht19: Variable name of number of individuals in the household. Default: ht19
numero: household id

Value

data.frame

Details

Disclaimer: This script is not an official INE product. Aviso: El script no es un producto oficial de INE.

See also

Other poverty: integrated_poverty_measure(), unsatisfied_basic_needs()

Examples

toy_ech_2018 <- poverty(data = ech::toy_ech_2018)
#> Variables have been created: 
#>  	 poor (pobre) &
#>               indigent (indigente)