R: Weighted mean income

incMean {laeken} | R Documentation

## 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)

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