sexSSA: Imputing sex from first names

In yotamshemtov/NameSexRace: What the package does (short line)

Description

Sexual identity imputation from first name using Social Secuarity Administration (SSA) data.

Usage

sexSSA(first.name, cohort = NULL, min.cohort = NULL, max.cohort = NULL)

Arguments

first.name	The individual first name
cohort	Year of birth of the individual
min.cohort	The earliest cohort year to include in the sex imputation.
max.cohort	The latest cohort year to include in the sex imputation.

Value

The function returns a data frame with 4 columns:

• cohort

• min.cohort

• max.cohort

• name.first - the first name that was inserted to the function.

• percent.female - the percent of females with this first name.

• frequency - the count of times the name appeared in this cohort year.

Examples

sexSSA("Jon",cohort=2000)
sexSSA(c("Jon","Angel","Alesandra","Chris"),cohort=2000)
sexSSA("Jon",min.cohort=2000,max.cohort=2002)
sexSSA(c("Jon","Angel","Alesandra","Chris"),min.cohort=2000,max.cohort=2002)

yotamshemtov/NameSexRace documentation built on May 4, 2019, 5:33 p.m.