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 |
period |
Period column in |
cohort_name |
Name of the cohort column to be created. Defaults to |
Value
Data frame with additional column for birth cohorts added.
[Package MAPCtools version 0.1.0 Index]