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Duncan: A function to compute Duncan & Duncan segregation index

Description

Duncan's segregation index is one of the most used seggregation index and varies from 0 (perfect homogenous spatial distribution of a group) to 1 (maximum spatial segregation)

Usage

Duncan (x)

Arguments

x
- an object of class matrix (or that can be coerced to that class), where each column represents the distribution of a population group, within spatial units. The number of columns should be greater than one (at least two population groups are require

Value

  • A vector with Duncan segregation index

References

Duncan O. D. and Duncan B. (1955) A Methodological Analysis of Segregation Indexes. American Sociological Review 41, pp. 210-217

See Also

Other indices based on Duncan's index: Wong, Morill Other evenness intragroup indices: Gini, Gorard Intergroup dissimilarity index: DI

Examples

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x <- slot(GreHSize, 'data')[ ,3:5]
Duncan(x)

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