edu_factorise: Create factor from education vector

In LCBC-UiO/Questionnaires: Package with functions to calculate components and sums for LCBC questionnaires

Create factor from education vector

Description

Will convert even a mixed character vector (combining numbers and text) of education levels 10 and 4 to a factor.

Usage

edu_factorise(x, levels)

edu4_factorise(x)

edu9_factorise(x)

Arguments

x	character vector
levels	levels returned from the edu_levels() function

Details

Specialized returns

• edu_factorise - with option to choose number of levels

• edu4_factorise - directly transform vector coded in 4-level scheme

• edu9_factorise - directly transform vector coded in 9-levels scheme

Value

factor

See Also

Other edu_functions: edu_compile(), edu_compute(), edu_levels2name(), edu_levels(), edu_reduce(), edu_to_years()

Examples

edu9 <- c("7", "7", "8", NA, "Primary school (6 years)", "5", "9")
edu_factorise(edu9, 9)
edu9_factorise(edu9)

LCBC-UiO/Questionnaires documentation built on July 18, 2023, 6:45 p.m.