calculate_segregation: Calculate segregation
In mattle24/spatial4social: Geospatial Analysis for Social Science

Description Usage Arguments Value

Calculate segregation for macro geometries. Method definitions from the US Census.

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calculate_segregation(macro_geometry_sf, sub_geometry_sf, majority_pop,
  minority_pop, method = c("dissimilarity_index", "gini", "entropy",
  "interaction"))

`macro_geometry_sf`	An 'sf' object. Contains simple features for macro-geometries (eg cities)
`sub_geometry_sf`	An 'sf' object. Contains simple features for sub-geometries (eg tracts or neighborhoods) and demographic data.
`majority_pop`	Character. The name of the column with the majority race/ ethnicity county.
`minority_pop`	Character. The name of the column with the minority race/ ethnicity county.
`method`	Character. The method to use to calculate gentrification. One of "dissimilarity_index", "gini", "entropy", or "interaction". Currently only one at a time is supported.