NIpop {UpAndDownPlots}

Northern Ireland population estimates 2011-2017

Description

The Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA) publishes population estimates on their webpage for 80 District Electoral Areas (DEA). Each of these DEAs is in one of the 11 Local Government Districts (LGD). The data are further broken down by gender and age groups. This dataset includes estimates for the years 2011 to 2017.

Usage

data(NIpop)

Format

A data frame with 640 observations on the following 11 variables.

area_name

District Electoral Area

LGD2014_name

Local Government District

gender

Males or Females

age

four age groups: 00-15, 16-39, 40-64, 65+

y2011

population estimates for the year 2011

y2012

population estimates for the year 2012

y2013

population estimates for the year 2013

y2014

population estimates for the year 2014

y2015

population estimates for the year 2015

y2016

population estimates for the year 2016

y2017

population estimates for the year 2017

Source

Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency
https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/MYE17_DEA_1117.xlsx

Examples

km <- ud_prep(NIpop, v1="y2011", v2="y2017", levs=c("age", "gender"), sortLev=c("orig", "perc"))
k2 <- ud_plot(km, labelvar="age")
k2$uadl