| Title: | Social Mixing Matrices for Infectious Disease Modelling |
| Version: | 0.5.0 |
| Description: | Provides methods for sampling contact matrices from diary data for use in infectious disease modelling, as discussed in Mossong et al. (2008) <doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074>. |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.5.0) |
| Imports: | checkmate, countrycode, curl, data.table, grDevices, httr, jsonlite, lifecycle, lubridate, memoise, purrr, oai, wpp2017, xml2, cli, rlang, methods |
| Suggests: | ggplot2, here, knitr, quarto, reshape2, rmarkdown, roxyglobals (≥ 1.0.0), testthat, withr |
| VignetteBuilder: | knitr |
| Encoding: | UTF-8 |
| LazyData: | true |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| RoxygenNote: | 7.3.3 |
| URL: | https://github.com/epiforecasts/socialmixr, https://epiforecasts.io/socialmixr/ |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/epiforecasts/socialmixr/issues |
| Config/testthat/edition: | 3 |
| Packaged: | 2026-01-19 16:04:57 UTC; eidesfun |
| Author: | Sebastian Funk [aut, cre], Lander Willem [aut], Hugo Gruson [aut], Maria Bekker-Nielsen Dunbar [ctb], Carl A. B. Pearson [ctb], Sam Clifford [ctb], Christopher Jarvis [ctb], Alexis Robert [ctb], Niel Hens [ctb], Pietro Coletti [col, dtm], Lloyd Chapman [ctb] |
| Maintainer: | Sebastian Funk <sebastian.funk@lshtm.ac.uk> |
| Repository: | CRAN |
| Date/Publication: | 2026-01-19 16:30:02 UTC |
Internal function to get survey data
Description
Internal function to get survey data
Usage
.get_survey(survey, ...)
Arguments
survey |
a DOI or url to get the survey from, or a |
... |
options for |
Add age column from exact age (generic helper)
Description
Generic function to add an age column from an exact age column. Works for
both participant and contact data by specifying the column prefix.
If <prefix>_exact exists, it overwrites <prefix> with its values.
Otherwise, it creates <prefix> with NA values if it doesn't exist.
Usage
add_age(data, prefix)
Arguments
data |
A data.table containing age data |
prefix |
Column name prefix: "part_age" for participants, "cnt_age" for contacts |
Value
The data with the age column set from exact ages or initialised to NA
Check contact survey data
Description
Checks that a survey fulfills all the requirements to work with the 'contact_matrix' function
Usage
as_contact_survey(
x,
id_column = "part_id",
country_column = NULL,
year_column = NULL,
...,
id.column = deprecated(),
country.column = deprecated(),
year.column = deprecated()
)
Arguments
x |
list containing
|
id_column |
the column in both the |
country_column |
the column in the |
year_column |
the column in the |
... |
additional arguments (currently ignored) |
id.column, country.column, year.column |
Value
invisibly returns a character vector of the relevant columns
Examples
data(polymod)
check(polymod)
Assign age groups in survey data
Description
This function processes age data in a survey object. It imputes ages from ranges, handles missing values, and assigns age groups.
Usage
assign_age_groups(
survey,
age_limits = NULL,
estimated_participant_age = c("mean", "sample", "missing"),
estimated_contact_age = c("mean", "sample", "missing"),
missing_participant_age = c("remove", "keep"),
missing_contact_age = c("remove", "sample", "keep", "ignore")
)
Arguments
survey |
a |
age_limits |
lower limits of the age groups over which to construct the matrix. Defaults to NULL. If NULL, age limits are inferred from participant and contact ages. |
estimated_participant_age |
if set to "mean" (default), people whose ages are given as a range (in columns named "..._est_min" and "..._est_max") but not exactly (in a column named "..._exact") will have their age set to the mid-point of the range; if set to "sample", the age will be sampled from the range; if set to "missing", age ranges will be treated as missing |
estimated_contact_age |
if set to "mean" (default), contacts whose ages are given as a range (in columns named "..._est_min" and "..._est_max") but not exactly (in a column named "..._exact") will have their age set to the mid-point of the range; if set to "sample", the age will be sampled from the range; if set to "missing", age ranges will be treated as missing |
missing_participant_age |
if set to "remove" (default), participants without age information are removed; if set to "keep", participants with missing age are kept and treated as a separate age group |
missing_contact_age |
if set to "remove" (default), participants that have contacts without age information are removed; if set to "sample", contacts without age information are sampled from all the contacts of participants of the same age group; if set to "keep", contacts with missing age are kept and treated as a separate age group; if set to "ignore", contact with missing age are ignored in the contact analysis |
Value
The survey object with processed age data.
Examples
polymod_grouped <- assign_age_groups(polymod)
polymod_grouped
polymod_custom <- assign_age_groups(polymod, age_limits = c(0, 5, 10, 15))
polymod_custom
Check contact survey data
Description
Checks that a survey fulfills all the requirements to work with the 'contact_matrix' function
Usage
## S3 method for class 'contact_survey'
check(
x,
id.column = "part_id",
participant.age.column = "part_age",
country.column = "country",
year.column = "year",
contact.age.column = "cnt_age",
...
)
Arguments
x |
A |
id.column |
the column in both the |
participant.age.column |
the column in the |
country.column |
the column in the |
year.column |
the column in the |
contact.age.column |
the column in the |
... |
ignored |
Value
invisibly returns a character vector of the relevant columns
Examples
data(polymod)
check(polymod)
Clean contact survey data
Description
Cleans survey data to work with the 'contact_matrix' function
Usage
## S3 method for class 'contact_survey'
clean(
x,
participant_age_column = "part_age",
...,
participant.age.column = deprecated()
)
Arguments
x |
A |
participant_age_column |
the column in |
... |
ignored |
participant.age.column |
Value
a cleaned survey in the correct format
Examples
data(polymod)
cleaned <- clean(polymod) # not really necessary as the 'polymod' data set has already been cleaned
Generate a contact matrix from diary survey data
Description
Samples a contact survey
Usage
contact_matrix(
survey,
countries = NULL,
survey_pop = NULL,
age_limits = NULL,
filter = NULL,
counts = FALSE,
symmetric = FALSE,
split = FALSE,
sample_participants = FALSE,
estimated_participant_age = c("mean", "sample", "missing"),
estimated_contact_age = c("mean", "sample", "missing"),
missing_participant_age = c("remove", "keep"),
missing_contact_age = c("remove", "sample", "keep", "ignore"),
weights = NULL,
weigh_dayofweek = FALSE,
weigh_age = FALSE,
weight_threshold = NA,
symmetric_norm_threshold = 2,
sample_all_age_groups = FALSE,
sample_participants_max_tries = 1000,
return_part_weights = FALSE,
return_demography = NA,
per_capita = FALSE,
...,
survey.pop = deprecated(),
age.limits = deprecated(),
sample.participants = deprecated(),
estimated.participant.age = deprecated(),
estimated.contact.age = deprecated(),
missing.participant.age = deprecated(),
missing.contact.age = deprecated(),
weigh.dayofweek = deprecated(),
weigh.age = deprecated(),
weight.threshold = deprecated(),
symmetric.norm.threshold = deprecated(),
sample.all.age.groups = deprecated(),
sample.participants.max.tries = deprecated(),
return.part.weights = deprecated(),
return.demography = deprecated(),
per.capita = deprecated()
)
Arguments
survey |
a |
countries |
limit to one or more countries; if NULL (default), will use all countries in the survey; these can be given as country names or 2-letter (ISO Alpha-2) country codes. |
survey_pop |
survey population – either a data frame with columns 'lower.age.limit' and 'population', or a character vector giving the name(s) of a country or countries from the list that can be obtained via |
age_limits |
lower limits of the age groups over which to construct the matrix. If NULL (default), age limits are inferred from participant and contact ages. |
filter |
any filters to apply to the data, given as list of the form (column=filter_value) - only contacts that have 'filter_value' in 'column' will be considered. If multiple filters are given, they are all applied independently and in the sequence given. Default value is NULL; no filtering performed. |
counts |
whether to return counts (instead of means). |
symmetric |
whether to make matrix symmetric, such that |
split |
whether to split the contact matrix into the mean number of contacts, in each age group (split further into the product of the mean number of contacts across the whole population ( |
sample_participants |
whether to sample participants randomly (with replacement); done multiple times this can be used to assess uncertainty in the generated contact matrices. See the "Bootstrapping" section in the vignette for how to do this. |
estimated_participant_age |
if set to "mean" (default), people whose ages are given as a range (in columns named "..._est_min" and "..._est_max") but not exactly (in a column named "..._exact") will have their age set to the mid-point of the range; if set to "sample", the age will be sampled from the range; if set to "missing", age ranges will be treated as missing |
estimated_contact_age |
if set to "mean" (default), contacts whose ages are given as a range (in columns named "..._est_min" and "..._est_max") but not exactly (in a column named "..._exact") will have their age set to the mid-point of the range; if set to "sample", the age will be sampled from the range; if set to "missing", age ranges will be treated as missing. |
missing_participant_age |
if set to "remove" (default), participants without age information are removed; if set to "keep", participants with missing age are kept and will appear in the contact matrix in a row labelled "NA". |
missing_contact_age |
if set to "remove" (default), participants that have contacts without age information are removed; if set to "sample", contacts without age information are sampled from all the contacts of participants of the same age group; if set to "keep", contacts with missing age are kept and will appear in the contact matrix in a column labelled "NA"; if set to "ignore", contacts without age information are removed from the analysis (but the participants that made them are kept). |
weights |
column names(s) of the participant data of the |
weigh_dayofweek |
whether to weigh social contacts data by the day of the week (weight (5/7 / N_week / N) for weekdays and (2/7 / N_weekend / N) for weekends). |
weigh_age |
whether to weigh social contacts data by the age of the participants (vs. the populations' age distribution). |
weight_threshold |
threshold value for the standardized weights before running an additional standardisation (default 'NA' = no cutoff). |
symmetric_norm_threshold |
threshold value for the normalization weights when |
sample_all_age_groups |
what to do if sampling participants (with |
sample_participants_max_tries |
maximum number of attempts when |
return_part_weights |
boolean to return the participant weights. |
return_demography |
boolean to explicitly return demography data that corresponds to the survey data (default 'NA' = if demography data is requested by other function parameters). |
per_capita |
whether to return a matrix with contact rates per capita (default is FALSE and not possible if 'counts=TRUE' or 'split=TRUE'). |
... |
further arguments to pass to |
survey.pop, age.limits, sample.participants, estimated.participant.age, estimated.contact.age, missing.participant.age, missing.contact.age, weigh.dayofweek, weigh.age, weight.threshold, symmetric.norm.threshold, sample.all.age.groups, sample.participants.max.tries, return.part.weights, return.demography, per.capita |
|
Value
a contact matrix, and the underlying demography of the surveyed population
Author(s)
Sebastian Funk
Examples
data(polymod)
contact_matrix(
survey = polymod,
countries = "United Kingdom",
age_limits = c(0, 1, 5, 15)
)
Handle deprecated argument
Description
Handle deprecated argument
Usage
deprecate_arg(old_arg, new_arg, old_name, new_name, fn_name, version = "1.0.0")
Arguments
old_arg |
the deprecated argument value |
new_arg |
the new argument value |
old_name |
the old argument name (with dot) |
new_name |
the new argument name (with underscore) |
fn_name |
the function name |
version |
the version when deprecated |
Value
the value to use (new_arg if provided, otherwise old_arg)
Download a survey from its Zenodo repository
Description
download_survey() has been deprecated in favour of
contactsurveys::download_survey().
download_survey() downloads survey data from Zenodo.
Usage
download_survey(survey, dir = NULL, sleep = 1)
Arguments
survey |
a URL (see |
dir |
a directory to save the files to; if not given, will save to a temporary directory |
sleep |
time to sleep between requests to avoid overloading the server
(passed on to |
Value
a vector of filenames that can be used with load_survey
Examples
# we recommend using the contactsurveys package for download_survey()
## Not run:
# if needed, discover surveys with:
contactsurveys::list_surveys()
peru_survey <- download_survey("https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1095664")
# -->
peru_survey <- contactsurveys::download_survey(
"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1095664"
)
## End(Not run)
Find the minimal unique key for a data.table
Description
Given a data.table and a base identifier column, finds the minimal set of additional columns needed to uniquely identify each row.
Usage
find_unique_key(data, base_id = "part_id")
Arguments
data |
A data.table |
base_id |
The base identifier column name (default: "part_id") |
Value
A character vector of column names that form the unique key
Citation for a survey
Description
get_citation() has been deprecated in favour of
contactsurveys::get_citation().
Gets a full citation for a survey().
Usage
get_citation(x)
Arguments
x |
a character vector of surveys to cite |
Value
citation as bibentry
Examples
# we recommend using the contactsurveys package for get_citation()
## Not run:
data(polymod)
citation <- contactsurveys::get_citation(polymod)
print(citation)
print(citation, style = "bibtex")
## End(Not run)
Get a survey, either from its Zenodo repository, a set of files, or a survey variable
Description
get_survey() has been deprecated in favour of using
contactsurveys::download_survey() and then load_survey().
Downloads survey data, or extracts them from files, and returns a clean data
set. If a survey URL is accessed multiple times, the data will be cached
(unless clear_cache is set to TRUE) to avoid repeated downloads.
If survey objects are used repeatedly the downloaded files can be saved and
reloaded between sessions then survey objects can be saved/loaded using
base::saveRDS() and base::readRDS(), or via the individual survey files
that can be downloaded using download_survey() and subsequently loaded
using load_survey().
Usage
get_survey(survey, clear_cache = FALSE, ...)
Arguments
survey |
a DOI or url to get the survey from, or a |
clear_cache |
logical, whether to clear the cache before downloading the survey; by default, the cache is not cleared and so multiple calls of this function to access the same survey will not result in repeated downloads. |
... |
options for |
Value
a survey in the correct format
Examples
## Not run:
list_surveys()
peru_doi <- "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1095664"
peru_survey <- get_survey(peru_doi)
## --> We now recommend:
peru_survey <- contactsurveys::download_survey(peru_doi)
peru_data <- load_survey(peru_survey)
## End(Not run)
Impute ages from ranges (generic helper)
Description
Generic function to impute ages from min/max ranges. Works for both participant and contact data by specifying the column prefix.
Usage
impute_ages(data, prefix, estimate = c("mean", "sample", "missing"))
Arguments
data |
A data.table containing age data |
prefix |
Column name prefix: "part_age" for participants, "cnt_age" for contacts |
estimate |
Imputation method: "mean", "sample", or "missing" |
Value
The data with ages imputed according to the specified method
Impute contact ages
Description
Imputes contact survey data, where variables are named:
"cnt_age_est_min" and "cnt_age_est_max". Uses mean imputation, sampling
(hot deck), or leaves them as missing. These are controlled by the
estimate argument.
Usage
impute_contact_ages(contacts, estimate = c("mean", "sample", "missing"))
Arguments
contacts |
a survey data set of contacts |
estimate |
if set to "mean" (default), contacts whose ages are given as a range (in columns named "..._est_min" and "..._est_max") but not exactly (in a column named "..._exact") will have their age set to the mid-point of the range; if set to "sample", the age will be sampled from the range; if set to "missing", age ranges will be treated as missing |
Value
The contact data, potentially with contact ages imputed depending on the
estimate method and whether age columns are present in the data.
Impute participant ages
Description
Imputes participant survey data, where variables are named:
"part_age_est_min" and "part_age_est_max". Uses mean imputation, sampling
(hot deck), or leaves them as missing. These are controlled by the
estimate argument.
Usage
impute_participant_ages(
participants,
estimate = c("mean", "sample", "missing")
)
Arguments
participants |
A survey data set of participants |
estimate |
if set to "mean" (default), people whose ages are given as a range (in columns named "..._est_min" and "..._est_max") but not exactly (in a column named "..._exact") will have their age set to the mid-point of the range; if set to "sample", the age will be sampled from the range; if set to "missing", age ranges will be treated as missing |
Value
The participant data, potentially with participant ages imputed depending on
the estimate method and whether age columns are present in the data.
Checks if a character string is a DOI
Description
Checks if a character string is a DOI
Usage
is_doi(x)
Arguments
x |
Character vector; the string or strings to check |
Value
Logical; TRUE if x is a DOI, FALSE otherwise
Author(s)
Sebastian Funk
Convert lower age limits to age groups.
Description
Mostly used for plot labelling
Usage
limits_to_agegroups(
x,
limits = sort(unique(x)),
notation = c("dashes", "brackets")
)
Arguments
x |
age limits to transform |
limits |
lower age limits; if not given, will use all limits in |
notation |
whether to use bracket notation, e.g. [0,4) or dash notation, e.g. 0-4) |
Value
Age groups as specified in notation
Examples
limits_to_agegroups(c(0, 5, 10))
List all surveys available for download
Description
list_surveys() has been deprecated in favour of
contactsurveys::list_surveys().
Usage
list_surveys(clear_cache = FALSE)
Arguments
clear_cache |
logical, whether to clear the cache before downloading the survey; by default, the cache is not cleared and so multiple calls of this function to access the same survey will not result in repeated downloads. |
Value
character vector of surveys
Examples
# we recommend using the contactsurveys package now for listing surveys.
## Not run:
contactsurveys::list_surveys()
## End(Not run)
Load a survey from local files
Description
Loads a survey from a local file system. Tables are expected as csv files, and a reference (if present) as JSON.
Usage
load_survey(files, participant_key = NULL, ...)
Arguments
files |
a vector of file names as returned by |
participant_key |
character vector specifying columns that uniquely
identify participant observations. For cross-sectional surveys this is
typically just |
... |
options for |
Value
a survey in the correct format. For longitudinal surveys with
multiple observations per participant, the returned object includes an
observation_key field containing the column names (excluding part_id)
that distinguish observations for the same participant.
Examples
## Not run:
list_surveys()
peru_files <- download_survey("https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1095664")
peru_survey <- load_survey(peru_files)
# For longitudinal surveys, specify the unique key explicitly:
france_files <- download_survey("https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1157918")
france_survey <- load_survey(france_files,
participant_key = c("part_id", "wave", "studyDay")
)
## End(Not run)
Draws an image plot of a contact matrix with a legend strip and the numeric values in the cells.
Description
This function combines the R image.plot function with numeric contact rates in the matrix cells.
Usage
matrix_plot(
mij,
min.legend = 0,
max.legend = NA,
num.digits = 2,
num.colors = 50,
main,
xlab,
ylab,
legend.width,
legend.mar,
legend.shrink,
cex.lab,
cex.axis,
cex.text,
color.palette = heat.colors
)
Arguments
mij |
a contact matrix containing contact rates between participants of age i (rows) with contacts of age j (columns). This is the default matrix format of |
min.legend |
the color scale minimum (default = 0). Set to NA to use the minimum value of |
max.legend |
the color scale maximum (default = NA). Set to NA to use the maximum value of |
num.digits |
the number of digits when rounding the contact rates (default = 2). Use NA to disable this. |
num.colors |
the number of color breaks (default = 50) |
main |
the figure title |
xlab |
a title for the x axis (default: "Age group (years)") |
ylab |
a title for the y axis (default: "Contact age group (years)") |
legend.width |
width of the legend strip in characters. Default is 1. |
legend.mar |
width in characters of legend margin. Default is 5.1. |
legend.shrink |
amount to shrink the size of legend relative to the full height or width of the plot. Default is 0.9. |
cex.lab |
size of the x and y labels (default: 1.2) |
cex.axis |
size of the axis labels (default: 0.8) |
cex.text |
size of the numeric values in the matrix (default: 1) |
color.palette |
the color palette to use (default: |
Details
This is a function using basic R graphics to visualise a social contact matrix.
Author(s)
Lander Willem
Examples
## Not run:
data(polymod)
mij <- contact_matrix(polymod, countries = "United Kingdom", age_limits = c(0, 18, 65))$matrix
matrix_plot(mij)
## End(Not run)
Contact survey
Description
Deprecated. A survey object contains the results of a contact survey. In particular, it contains two data frames called participants and contacts that are linked by a column specified as id.column
Usage
new_contact_survey(participants, contacts, reference = NULL)
Arguments
participants |
a |
contacts |
a |
reference |
a |
Value
a new survey object
Author(s)
Sebastian Funk
Normalise country names
Description
Uses the countrycode package to standardise country names. This handles 2-letter ISO codes, 3-letter ISO codes, and full country names, converting them all to standardised country names.
Usage
normalise_country_names(countries)
Arguments
countries |
A vector of country names or codes |
Value
A character vector of normalised country names
Social contact data from 8 European countries
Description
A dataset containing social mixing diary data from 8 European countries: Belgium, Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Poland. The Data are fully described in Mossong J, Hens N, Jit M, Beutels P, Auranen K, Mikolajczyk R, et al. (2008) Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases. PLoS Med 5(3): e74.
Usage
polymod
Format
A list of two data frames:
- participants
the study participant, with age, country, year and day of the week (starting with 1 = Monday)
- contacts
reported contacts of the study participants. The variable phys_contact has two levels (1 denotes physical contact while 2 denotes non-physical contact), duration_multi has five levels (1 is less than 5 minutes while 5 is more than 4 hours, increasing in the order found in Figure 1 in Mossong et al.), and frequency_multi has five levels (1 is daily, 2 is weekly, 3 is monthly, 4 is less often, and 5 is first time)
All other variables are described on the Zenodo repository of the data, available at doi:10.5281/zenodo.1043437
Source
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074
Change age groups in population data
Description
This changes population data to have age groups with the given age_limits, extrapolating linearly between age groups (if more are requested than available) and summing populations (if fewer are requested than available)
Usage
pop_age(
pop,
age_limits = NULL,
pop_age_column = "lower.age.limit",
pop_column = "population",
...,
age.limits = deprecated(),
pop.age.column = deprecated(),
pop.column = deprecated()
)
Arguments
pop |
a data frame with columns indicating lower age limits and population sizes (see 'pop_age_column' and 'pop_column') |
age_limits |
lower age limits of age groups to extract; if NULL (default), the population data is returned unchanged |
pop_age_column |
column in the 'pop' data frame indicating the lower age group limit |
pop_column |
column in the 'pop' data frame indicating the population size |
... |
ignored |
age.limits, pop.age.column, pop.column |
Value
data frame of age-specific population data
Examples
ages_it_2015 <- wpp_age("Italy", 2015)
# Modify the age data.frame to get age groups of 10 years instead of 5
pop_age(ages_it_2015, age_limits = seq(0, 100, by = 10))
# The function will also automatically interpolate if necessary
pop_age(ages_it_2015, age_limits = c(0, 18, 40, 65))
Reduce the number of age groups given a broader set of limits
Description
Operates on lower limits
Usage
reduce_agegroups(x, limits)
Arguments
x |
vector of limits |
limits |
new limits |
Value
vector with the new age groups
Examples
reduce_agegroups(seq_len(20), c(0, 5, 10))
Contact survey
Description
Deprecated. Use as_survey instead.
Usage
survey(participants, contacts, reference = NULL)
Arguments
participants |
a |
contacts |
a |
reference |
a |
Value
a new survey object
Author(s)
Sebastian Funk
List all countries contained in a survey
Description
Usage
survey_countries(survey, country.column = "country", ...)
Arguments
survey |
a DOI or url to get the survey from, or a |
country.column |
column in the survey indicating the country |
... |
further arguments for |
Details
survey_countries() has been deprecated in favour of using
contactsurveys::download_survey(), and load_survey(), and then
exploring the country column yourself.
Value
list of countries
Examples
data(polymod)
survey_countries(polymod)
## --> we now recommend
## Not run:
doi_peru <- "10.5281/zenodo.1095664" # nolint
# download the data with the contactsurveys package
peru_survey <- contactsurveys::download_survey(doi_peru)
# load the survey with socialmixr
peru_data <- socialmixr::load_survey(peru_survey)
# find the unique country - assuming your data has a "country" column:
unique(peru_data$participants$country)
## End(Not run)
Get survey country population data
Description
Looks up the country and year inside a survey, or a provided
"countries" value, and determines the corresponding demographics in the world
population prospects data using wpp_age().
Usage
survey_country_population(survey, countries = NULL)
Arguments
survey |
A |
countries |
Optional. A character vector of country names. If specified, this will be used instead of the potential "country" column in "participants". |
Value
A data table with population data by age group for the survey countries, aggregated by lower age limit. The function will error if no country information is available from either the survey or countries argument.
Examples
survey_country_population(polymod)
survey_country_population(polymod, countries = "Belgium")
survey_country_population(polymod, countries = c("Belgium", "Italy"))
Get age-specific population data according to the World Population Prospects 2017 edition
Description
This uses data from the wpp2017 package but combines male and female,
and converts age groups to lower age limits. If the requested year is not present
in the historical data, wpp projections are used.
Usage
wpp_age(countries, years)
Arguments
countries |
countries, will return all if not given |
years |
years, will return all if not given |
Value
data frame of age-specific population data
Examples
wpp_age("Italy", c(1990, 2000))
List all countries and regions for which socialmixr has population data
Description
Uses the World Population Prospects data from the wpp2017 package
Usage
wpp_countries()
Value
list of countries
Examples
wpp_countries()