laeken (version 0.4.6)

incMedian: Weighted median income

Description

Compute the weighted median income.

Usage

incMedian(inc, weights = NULL, sort = 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.

sort

optional; either a numeric vector giving the personal IDs to be used as tie-breakers for sorting, 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 median income is returned.

Details

The implementation strictly follows the Eurostat definition.

References

Working group on Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (2004) Common cross-sectional EU indicators based on EU-SILC; the gender pay gap. EU-SILC 131-rev/04, Eurostat.

See Also

arpt, weightedMedian

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data(eusilc)
incMedian("eqIncome", weights = "rb050", data = eusilc)
# }