r.hc.sub {affluenceIndex}R Documentation

Richness headcount ratio in subpopulation

Description

Computes the richness headcount ratio in subpopulation.

Usage

r.hc.sub(x.sub, x, weight.sub, weight, k)

Arguments

x.sub

income vector of subpopulation

x

income vector of population

weight.sub

weight vector of subpopulation

weight

weight vector of population

k

multiple of the median income

Value

count.rich

the number of the rich

r.hc

the value of the index

Author(s)

Alicja Wolny-Dominiak, Anna Saczewska-Piotrowska

References

1. Brzezinski M. (2010) Income affluence in Poland. Social Indicators Research, 99, pp. 285-299.
2. Saczewska-Piotrowska A. (2015) Identification of determinants of income richness using logistic regression model. Zarzadzanie i Finanse. Journal of Management and Finance, 4, Part 2, pp. 241-259 (in Polish).

See Also

r.hc

Examples

data(affluence)
affluence$weight <- rep(1, nrow(affluence))
aff.sub <- subset(affluence, education == 2)
r.hc.sub(aff.sub$income, affluence$income, aff.sub$weight, affluence$weight, 3)


[Package affluenceIndex version 2.1 Index]