var_cut: Convert numeric to factor

In surveytable: Streamlining Complex Survey Estimation and Reliability Assessment in R

Convert numeric to factor

Description

Create a new categorical variable based on a numeric variable.

Usage

var_cut(newvr, vr, breaks, labels)

Arguments

newvr	name of the new factor variable to be created
vr	numeric variable
breaks	see cut()
labels	see cut()

Value

Survey object

See Also

Other variables: var_all(), var_any(), var_case(), var_collapse(), var_copy(), var_cross(), var_not()

Examples

set_survey(namcs2019sv)
# In some data systems, variables might contain "special values". For example,
# negative values might indicate unknowns (which should be coded as `NA`).
# Though in this particular data, there are no unknowns.
var_cut("Age group"
  , "AGE"
  , c(-Inf, -0.1, 0, 4, 14, 64, Inf)
  , c(NA, "Under 1", "1-4", "5-14", "15-64", "65 and over"))
tab("Age group")

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