WMD_C: Scaled SVD Components from World Marriage Database

In bage: Bayesian Estimation and Forecasting of Age-Specific Rates

Scaled SVD Components from World Marriage Database

Description

Object of class "bage_ssvd" holding scaled SVD components derived from data from the census and survey data on marriage assembled by the United Nations Population Division. WMD_C and WMD_E each hold 5 components.

Usage

WMD_C

WMD_E

Format

Object of class "bage_ssvd".

Versions:

• "v2019" (default) Data published in 2019

Details

• WMD_C is based on data on the proportion of the population that is currently married. It should be used for modelling the proportion of people whose marital status is "Currently Married"

• WMD_E is based on data on the proportion of the population that has ever been married. It should be used for modelling the proportion of people whose marital status is "Ever Married".

In both cases "marriage" includes de facto marriages and consensual unions, in addition to legal marriages.

Source

Derived from data from the World Marriage Data 2019 database available on the United Nations Population Division website, and assembled by the UNPD from national census and survey data. Code to create WMD is in folder ‘data-raw/ssvd_wmd’ in the source code for thet bage package.

See Also

• Scaled SVDs Overview of scaled SVDs implemented in bage

• SVD() A prior based on a scaled SVD

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