add_cohort_column {MAPCtools}R Documentation

Add cohort column to data frame

Description

Adds a column for birth cohorts to a data frame, derived from specified age and period columns through the relation cohort = period - age.

Usage

add_cohort_column(data, age, period, cohort_name = "cohort")

Arguments

data

Data frame with age and period column.

age

Age column in data.

period

Period column in data.

cohort_name

Name of the cohort column to be created. Defaults to "cohort".

Value

Data frame with additional column for birth cohorts added.


[Package MAPCtools version 0.1.0 Index]