calcBodyHeight: calcBodyHeight

View source: R/calcBodyHeight.R

calcBodyHeightR Documentation

calcBodyHeight

Description

reads in the Lutz et al dataset. Aggregates the age structure. Population is divided by sex male (M) , female (F) and both (B) and divided by 8 age classes: 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, AG1 (20-29), AG2 (30-59), AG3(60-79), AG4(80+)

Usage

calcBodyHeight(convert = TRUE)

Arguments

convert

if TRUE, the convertscript of Lutz et al is activated. Also,the year 1965 is extrapolatedusing the worldbank population data and sex, age, and education structure of 1970.


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