childhoodmortality: Calculates childhood mortality

In childhoodmortality: Calculating Childhood Mortality Rates

Description

calculates childhood mortality & SE's

Usage

childhoodmortality(data, grouping = "year", rate_type = "underfive")

Arguments

data	dataframe object containing DHS variables YEAR, PSU, PERWEIGHT, KIDDOBCMC, INTDATECMC, KIDAGEDIEDIMP, and grouping var.
grouping	This character string gives the variable name of the variable denoting groups.
rate_type	This character string gives the type of mortality rate to be calculated (neonatal, postneonatal, infant, child, under-five)

Examples

data("model_ipums_dhs_dataset")
underfive_mortality_rates <- childhoodmortality(
 model_ipums_dhs_dataset,
 grouping ="wealthq",
 rate_type = "underfive"
)

childhoodmortality documentation built on May 2, 2019, 8:53 a.m.