mex_inc_2016: Mexican income data 2016

In dineq: Decomposition of (Income) Inequality

Description

Selection of Mexican income (survey) data and household characteristic for 2016. Extracted from ENIGH (Household Income and Expenditure Survey).

Usage

data(mex_inc_2016)

Format

A data frame containing 5000 observations and 8 variables (a selection from the original).

hh_number

Household ID.

factor

Population inflating weights.

income

Household income.

hh_structure

Household structure, factor with levels unipersonal, nuclear, ampliado, compuesto and coresidente.

education

Highest achieved education of the head of the household, factor with levels Sin instruccion, Preescolar, Primaria incompleta, Primaria completa, Secundaria incompleta, Secundaria completa, Preparatoria incompleta, Preparatoria completa, Profesional incompleta, Profesional completa, Posgrado.

domicile_size

Population of domicile, factor with levels <2500, 2500-15000, 15000-100000, >100000.

age

age (integer) of the head of the household.

age_cat

age (categorical) of the head of the household , factor with levels <25, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, >=75.

Details

This data set is a selecion of the original dataset of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography in Mexico (INEGI). The original contains 70311 observations and 127 variables with information on the income and household characteristics in Mexico. This selection is only meant to be used as a calculation example for the functions in this package. Results will not represent the correct information on the Mexican situation.

Source

http://en.www.inegi.org.mx/proyectos/enchogares/regulares/enigh/nc/2016/default.html, the whole data set can be obtained here.

References

INEGI (2017), Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares 2016. ENIGH. Nueva serie. Temas, categor<c3><ad>as y variables, Aguascalientes: INEGI.

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