r.med.sub: Average affluence gap in subpopulation

In affluenceIndex: Affluence (Richness) Indices

Average affluence gap in subpopulation

Description

Computes the average affluence gap in subpopulation.

Usage

r.med.sub(x.sub, x, weight.sub, weight, k)

Arguments

x	income vector of subpopulation
x.sub	income vector of population
weight.sub	weight vector of subpopulation
weight	weight vector of population
k	multiple of the median income

Value

gap	the gap value

Author(s)

Alicja Wolny-Dominiak

References

Medeiros M. (2006) The rich and the poor: the construction of an affluence line from the poverty line. Social Indicators Research, 78, pp. 1-18.

See Also

r.med

Examples

data(affluence)
affluence$weight <- rep(1, nrow(affluence))
aff.sub <- subset(affluence, education == 2)
r.med.sub(aff.sub$income, affluence$income, aff.sub$weight, affluence$weight, 2)

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