incMean {laeken}

Weighted mean income

Description

Compute the weighted mean income.

Usage

incMean(inc, weights = NULL, years = NULL, data = NULL, na.rm = FALSE)

Arguments

inc

either a numeric vector giving the (equivalized disposable) income, or (if data is not NULL) a character string, an integer or a logical vector specifying the corresponding column of data.

weights

optional; either a numeric vector giving the personal sample weights, or (if data is not NULL) a character string, an integer or a logical vector specifying the corresponding column of data.

years

optional; either a numeric vector giving the different years of the survey, or (if data is not NULL) a character string, an integer or a logical vector specifying the corresponding column of data. If supplied, values are computed for each year.

data

an optional data.frame.

na.rm

a logical indicating whether missing values should be removed.

Value

A numeric vector containing the value(s) of the weighted mean income is returned.

Author(s)

Andreas Alfons

See Also

weightedMean

Examples

data(eusilc)
incMean("eqIncome", weights = "rb050", data = eusilc)