R/maori_population.R

In johnrbryant/bdefdata: Data from the book Bayesian Demographic Estimation and Forecasting

#' Population of Maori people in New Zealand
#'
#' An array giving population counts for Maori people,
#' at 30 June 1996, 30 June 2001, 30 June 2006, and 30 June 2013.
#' Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.
#' 
#' The counts have been rounded to base 10.
#' 
#' For an analysis of these data, see Chapter 3 of
#' \emph{Bayesian Demographic Estimation and Forecasting}.
#'
#' @format An array with dimensions "age", "sex", and "year".
#'
#' @source Table "Estimated resident population (ERP),
#' national population by ethnic group, age, and sex,
#' 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2013"
#' in the online database "Infoshare", on the Statistics New Zealand
#' website. Downloaded on 2 July 2018.
"maori_population"