WhipplesIndex: Whipple's Index

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WhipplesIndexR Documentation

Whipple's Index

Description

Whipple's Index for age-heaping

Usage

 WhipplesIndex(X)

Arguments

X

The integer vector to give age-specific population from age 0 to more than 63 for each age.

Value

WI

The Whipple's Index.

JUDGE

Based on Whipple's Index, accuracy of age-reporting is judged.

Author(s)

Minato Nakazawa minatonakazawa@gmail.com https://minato.sip21c.org/

References

Preston SH, Heuveline P, Guillot M (2001) Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.

Newell C (1988) Methods and Models in Demography. The Guilford Press, New York.

Rowland DT (2003) Demographic methods and concepts. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.

Ministry of Home Affairs, India (2011) 2011 Census C-13. https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/22542/download/25673/PC01_C13_00.xls

Examples

 WhipplesIndex(Jpop$M2000)
 India <- read.delim("https://minato.sip21c.org/ldaR/India2011census.txt")
 WhipplesIndex(India$Males)

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