pct_time_fun_cat {cchsflow}

Categorical percent time in Canada

Description

This function creates a categorical derived variable (pct_time_der_cat10) that categorizes the derived percent time in Canada variable (pct_time_der).

Usage

pct_time_fun_cat(pct_time_der)

Arguments

pct_time_der

derived continuous percent time in Canada. See pct_time_fun for documentation on how variable was derived.

Details

The percent time in Canada provides an estimated percentage of the time a person's life was spent in Canada.The categorical percent time in Canada divides the continuous value into 10 percent intervals.

pct_time_der_cat10 uses the derived variable pct_time_der. pct_time_der uses various variables that have been transformed by cchsflow (see documentation on pct_time_der). In order to categorize percent time in Canada across CCHS cycles, the variables must be transformed and harmonized.

Value

value for categorical percent time in Canada using pct_time_der variable.

Examples

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

# To transform pct_time_der_cat10 across cycles, use rec_with_table() for 
# each CCHS cycle.
# Since pct_time_der is a derived variable, you will have to specify the 
# variables that are derived from it.
# Then by using merge_rec_data(), you can combine pct_time_der_cat10 across 
# cycles.

library(cchsflow)
pct_time_cat2009_2010 <- rec_with_table(
  cchs2009_2010_p, c(
    "DHHGAGE_cont", "SDCGCBG",
    "SDCGRES", "pct_time_der", "pct_time_der_cat10"
  )
)
head(pct_time_cat2009_2010)

pct_time_cat2011_2012 <- rec_with_table(
  cchs2011_2012_p,  c(
    "DHHGAGE_cont", "SDCGCBG",
    "SDCGRES", "pct_time_der", "pct_time_der_cat10"
  )
)
tail(pct_time_cat2011_2012)

combined_pct_time_cat <- merge_rec_data(pct_time_cat2009_2010, 
pct_time_cat2011_2012)
head(combined_pct_time_cat)
tail(combined_pct_time_cat)