Lowest income quintile indicator

This function checks if an individual's income category corresponds to the lowest income quintile.

Usage

in_lowest_income_quintile(incq)

Arguments

incq

Categorical value indicating the income category as defined by the categorize_income function.

Value

A categorical value indicating whether the individual is in the lowest income quintile:

• 1: In the lowest income quntile

• 2: Not in the lowest income quntile

• NA(b): Missing or invalid input

Examples

# Example 1: Check if an income category of 3 (between $35,000-50,000) is in the lowest quintile
in_lowest_income_quintile(3)
#> [1] 2
# Output: 2

# Example 2: Check if an income category of 1 (below or equal to $21,500) is in the lowest quintile
in_lowest_income_quintile(1)
#> [1] 1
# Output: 1