Children {VirtualPop} | R Documentation |
Generates Individual Fertility Histories
Description
Builds individual fertility histories from conditional fertility rates. Children() uses the function Sim_bio().
Usage
Children(dat0, rates, mort = NULL)
Arguments
dat0 |
Data frame with data on individual members of the virtual population (dLH format) |
rates |
Mortality and fertility rates. The object 'rates' is produced by the function Getrates(). |
mort |
Presence or absence of mortality (optional). Default: mortality is present (mort=TRUE). If mortality is absent, set mort=FALSE. |
Value
List object with two components:
data |
Data frame with updated information on members of the virtual population |
dch |
Data frame with information on children |
Examples
# The example generates data on children of the first 10 female members of
# the first generation of the virtual population.
utils::data(dLH,package="VirtualPop")
utils::data(rates,package="VirtualPop")
dat0 <- dLH[dLH$sex=="Female" & dLH$gen==1,][1:10,]
out <- VirtualPop::Children(dat0=dat0,rates=rates)
[Package VirtualPop version 2.0.2 Index]