R: Equivalized household size

eqSS {laeken} | R Documentation

## Equivalized household size

### Description

Compute the equivalized household size according to the modified OECD scale adopted in 1994.

### Usage

    eqSS(hid, age, year = NULL, data = NULL)

### Arguments

`hid` | if `data=NULL`, a vector containing the household ID. Otherwise a character string specifying the column of `data` that contains the household ID.
`age` | if `data=NULL`, a vector containing the age of the individuals. Otherwise a character string specifying the column of `data` that contains the age.
`year` | if `data=NULL`, a vector containing the year of the survey. Otherwise a character string specifying the column of `data` that contains the year.
`data` | a `data.frame` containing EU-SILC survey data, or `NULL`.

### Value

A numeric vector containing the equivalized household size for every observation in `data`.

### Author(s)

Andreas Alfons

### 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

`eqInc`

### Examples

    data(eusilc)

    # calculate equivalized household size
    eqSS <- eqSS("db030", "age", data=eusilc)

    # combine with household ID and household size
    tmp <- cbind(eusilc[, c("db030", "hsize")], eqSS)

    # show the first 8 rows
    head(tmp, 8)

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