VirtualPop (version 2.0.2)

Children: Generates Individual Fertility Histories

Description

Builds individual fertility histories from conditional fertility rates. Children() uses the function Sim_bio().

Usage

Children(dat0, rates, mort = NULL)

Value

List object with two components:

data

Data frame with updated information on members of the virtual population

dch

Data frame with information on children

Arguments

dat0

Data frame with data on individual members of the virtual population (dLH format)

rates

Mortality and fertility rates. The object 'rates' is produced by the function Getrates().

mort

Presence or absence of mortality (optional). Default: mortality is present (mort=TRUE). If mortality is absent, set mort=FALSE.

Examples

# The example generates data on children of the first 10 female members of 
# the first generation of the virtual population.
utils::data(dLH,package="VirtualPop")
utils::data(rates,package="VirtualPop")
dat0 <- dLH[dLH$sex=="Female" & dLH$gen==1,][1:10,]
out <- VirtualPop::Children(dat0=dat0,rates=rates)