calculate_proportion {IMD}

Proportion

Description

Calculate proportion of small areas in the higher-level geography that are within the 10

Usage

calculate_proportion(data, var, higher_level_geography, max_quantile = 1)

Arguments

data

Data frame containing a variable to be aggregated, lower level geography population estimates, and a higher level geographical grouping variable

var

Name of the variable in the data frame containing the variable to be aggregated (e.g. decile) for the lower level geography

higher_level_geography

Name of the variable in the data frame containing the higher level geography names/codes

max_quantile

Get proportion of small areas categorised as less than or equal to 'max_quantile' (default = 1)