pct_time_fun {cchsflow}

Percent time in Canada

Description

This function creates a derived variable (pct_time_der) that provides an estimated percentage of the time a person's life was spent in Canada.

Usage

pct_time_fun(DHHGAGE_cont, SDCGCBG, SDCGRES)

Arguments

DHHGAGE_cont

continuous age variable.

SDCGCBG

whether or not someone was born in Canada (1 - born in Canada, 2 - born outside Canada)

SDCGRES

how long someone has lived in Canada. Note: in the PUMF CCHS datasets, this is a categorical variable with two categories (1 - 0-9 years; 2 - 10+ years).

Value

Numeric value between 0 and 100 that represents percentage of a respondent's time in Canada

Note

Since SDCGRES is a categorical variable measuring length of time, we've set midpoints in the function. A respondent identified as being in Canada for 0-9 years is assigned a value of 4.5 years, and someone who has been in Canada for over 10 years is assigned a value of 15 years.

Examples

# Using pct_time_fun() to create percent time values between CCHS cycles
# pct_time_fun() is specified in variable_details.csv along with the CCHS
# variables and cycles included.

# To transform pct_time_der across cycles, use rec_with_table() for each CCHS
# cycle and specify pct_time_der, along with age (DHHGAGE_cont), whether or
# not someone was born in Canada (SDCGCBG), how long someone has lived in
# Canada (SDCGRES). Then by using merge_rec_data(), you can combine
# pct_time_der across cycles

library(cchsflow)
pct_time2009_2010 <- rec_with_table(
  cchs2009_2010_p, c(
    "DHHGAGE_cont", "SDCGCBG",
    "SDCGRES", "pct_time_der"
  )
)
head(pct_time2009_2010)

pct_time2011_2012 <- rec_with_table(
  cchs2011_2012_p,  c(
    "DHHGAGE_cont", "SDCGCBG",
    "SDCGRES", "pct_time_der"
  )
)
tail(pct_time2011_2012)

combined_pct_time <- merge_rec_data(pct_time2009_2010, pct_time2011_2012)
head(combined_pct_time)
tail(combined_pct_time)

# Using pct_time_fun() to generate a value for percent time spent in Canada
# with user inputted values Let's say you are 27 years old who was born
# outside of Canada and have been living in Canada for less than 10 years.
# Your estimated percent time spent in Canada can be calculated as follows:

pct_time <- pct_time_fun(DHHGAGE_cont = 27, SDCGCBG = 2, SDCGRES = 1)

print(pct_time)