segMakeColumns {DDM}

make the Bennett-Horiuchi quasi life table columns required by the estimation method

Description

Called by segCoverageFromYear(). This simply modulates some code that would otherwise be repeated. Users probably don't need to call this function directly.

Usage

segMakeColumns(codi, minA = 15, maxA = 75, eOpen = NULL,
  deaths.summed = FALSE)

Arguments

codi

a chunk of data (single sex, year, region, etc) with all columns required by seg()

minA

the minimum of the age range searched. Default 15

maxA

the maximum of the age range searched. Default 75

eOpen

optional. A value for remaining life expectancy in the open age group.

deaths.summed

logical. is the deaths column given as the total per age in the intercensal period (TRUE). By default we assume FALSE, i.e. that the average annual was given.

Value

codi, with many columns added, most importantly $Cx.