Specify Open Age Group

Set the lower limit of the open age group. Given a vector of age group labels, recode all age groups with a lower limit greater than or equal to <lower> to <lower>+.

Usage

set_age_open(x, lower)

Arguments

x

A vector of age labels.

lower

An integer. The lower limit for the open age group.

Value

A modified version of x.

Details

set_age_open() requires that x and the return value have a a five-year, single-year, or life table format, as described in age_labels().

See also

• set_age_open() uses age_lower() to identify lower limits

• age_labels() for creating age labels from scratch

Examples

x <- c("100+", "80-84", "95-99", "20-24")
set_age_open(x, 90)
#> [1] "90+"   "80-84" "90+"   "20-24"
set_age_open(x, 25)
#> [1] "25+"   "25+"   "25+"   "20-24"