md_infer_poverty_line: Infer poverty line

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Infer poverty line

Description

Infer poverty line for microdata.

Usage

md_infer_poverty_line(welfare, weight, popshare = 0.5, include = FALSE)

Arguments

welfare	numeric: A vector of income or consumption values
popshare	numeric: Share of population for which the corresponding quantile is desired. Default .5 (i.e., weighted median)
include	logical: TO BE DOCUMENTED.

Details

This function calculate percentiles corresponding to the specified share of population (in percentages).

Value

numeric

Examples

wbpip:::md_infer_poverty_line(1:2000, weight = rep(1, 2000))
wbpip:::md_infer_poverty_line(1:2000,
  weight = rep(1, 2000),
  popshare = .2
)
wbpip:::md_infer_poverty_line(1:2000,
  weight = rep(1, 2000),
  popshare = .6
)

PIP-Technical-Team/wbpip documentation built on Nov. 29, 2024, 6:57 a.m.