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Type: Package
Title: Gini Coefficient
Version: 0.1.0
Description: Providing various equations to calculate Gini coefficients. The methods used in this package can be referenced from Brown MC (1994) <doi:10.1016/0277-9536(94)90189-9>.
License: GPL-3
Encoding: UTF-8
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2021-09-10 13:03:54 UTC; dgdzc
Author: Zhicheng Du [aut, cre, cph], Zebing Chen [aut], Yuantao Hao [aut]
Maintainer: Zhicheng Du <dgdzc@hotmail.com>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2021-09-13 10:30:10 UTC

Gini Coefficient

Description

To calculate the Gini coefficient according to the following literature: Brown MC. Using Gini-style indices to evaluate the spatial patterns of health practitioners: theoretical considerations and an application based on Alberta data. Soc Sci Med, 1994, 38(9): 1243-1256.

Usage

gini(x,y)

Arguments

x

vector, population of each region

y

vector, health resource of each region

Value

G

Gini coefficient. Critria: <0.3=best fairness, 0.3-0.4=relative fairness, >0.4=unfairness, >0.6=highly unfair

Note

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any advice and find any bug!

Update:

Version 0.1.0: The first version.

See Also

gini.1994 gini.1997 gini.2000 gini.2002 gini.2007 gini.1994b

Examples

x=c(382.8,522.7,192.4,227.4,490.2,108.0,222.5,220.5,231.2,375.3,323.9,79.9,305.7,98.7,46.1,35.3)
y=c(2778,3333,1673,1708,2118,1077,1850,1557,2010,2587,2482,616,2010,936,633,582)
gini(x,y)#0.1216807

Gini Coefficient

Description

To calculate the Gini coefficient according to the following literature: Hansheng Ding, Shanlian Hu. A study on the equity of distribution of health resources in China(in Chinese). Zhongguo Wiesheng Shiye Guanli, 1994, (2): 105-107.

Usage

gini.1994(x,y)

Arguments

x

vector, population of each region

y

vector, health resource of each region

Value

G

Gini coefficient. Critria: <0.3=best fairness, 0.3-0.4=relative fairness, >0.4=unfairness, >0.6=highly unfair

Note

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any advice and find any bug!

Update:

Version 0.1.0: The first version.

See Also

gini gini.1997 gini.2000 gini.2002 gini.2007 gini.1994b

Examples

x=c(382.8,522.7,192.4,227.4,490.2,108.0,222.5,220.5,231.2,375.3,323.9,79.9,305.7,98.7,46.1,35.3)
y=c(2778,3333,1673,1708,2118,1077,1850,1557,2010,2587,2482,616,2010,936,633,582)
gini.1994(x,y)#0.1216807

Gini Coefficient

Description

To calculate the Gini coefficient according to the following literature: Brown MC. Using Gini-style indices to evaluate the spatial patterns of health practitioners: theoretical considerations and an application based on Alberta data. Soc Sci Med, 1994, 38(9): 1243-1256.

Usage

gini.1994b(x,y)

Arguments

x

vector, population of each region

y

vector, health resource of each region

Value

G

Gini coefficient. Critria: <0.3=best fairness, 0.3-0.4=relative fairness, >0.4=unfairness, >0.6=highly unfair

Note

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any advice and find any bug!

Update:

Version 0.1.0: The first version.

See Also

gini.1994 gini.1997 gini.2000 gini.2002 gini.2007 gini.1994b

Examples

x=c(382.8,522.7,192.4,227.4,490.2,108.0,222.5,220.5,231.2,375.3,323.9,79.9,305.7,98.7,46.1,35.3)
y=c(2778,3333,1673,1708,2118,1077,1850,1557,2010,2587,2482,616,2010,936,633,582)
gini.1994b(x,y)#0.1216807

Gini Coefficient

Description

To calculate the Gini coefficient according to the following literature: Weiguo Shi. A simple method of calculating the Gini coefficient(in Chinese). Jiangsu Tongji, 1997, (2): 16-18.

Usage

gini.1997(x,y)

Arguments

x

vector, population of each region

y

vector, health resource of each region

Value

G

Gini coefficient. Critria: <0.3=best fairness, 0.3-0.4=relative fairness, >0.4=unfairness, >0.6=highly unfair

Note

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any advice and find any bug!

Update:

Version 0.1.0: The first version.

See Also

gini.1994 gini gini.2000 gini.2002 gini.2007 gini.1994b

Examples

x=c(382.8,522.7,192.4,227.4,490.2,108.0,222.5,220.5,231.2,375.3,323.9,79.9,305.7,98.7,46.1,35.3)
y=c(2778,3333,1673,1708,2118,1077,1850,1557,2010,2587,2482,616,2010,936,633,582)
gini.1997(x,y)#0.1216807

Gini Coefficient

Description

To calculate the Gini coefficient according to the following literature: Jianlin Dai. How the Gini coefficient is calculated. Zhejiang Tongji, 2000, (3): 37.

Usage

gini.2000(x,y)

Arguments

x

vector, population of each region

y

vector, health resource of each region

Value

G

Gini coefficient. Critria: <0.3=best fairness, 0.3-0.4=relative fairness, >0.4=unfairness, >0.6=highly unfair

Note

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any advice and find any bug!

Update:

Version 0.1.0: The first version.

See Also

gini.1994 gini.1997 gini gini.2002 gini.2007 gini.1994b

Examples

x=c(382.8,522.7,192.4,227.4,490.2,108.0,222.5,220.5,231.2,375.3,323.9,79.9,305.7,98.7,46.1,35.3)
y=c(2778,3333,1673,1708,2118,1077,1850,1557,2010,2587,2482,616,2010,936,633,582)
gini.2000(x,y)#0.1216807

Gini Coefficient

Description

To calculate the Gini coefficient according to the following literature: Rihong Zang. Economics. Beijing: China Agricultural University Press, 2002, 201-202.

Usage

gini.2002(x,y)

Arguments

x

vector, population of each region

y

vector, health resource of each region

Value

G

Gini coefficient. Critria: <0.3=best fairness, 0.3-0.4=relative fairness, >0.4=unfairness, >0.6=highly unfair

Note

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any advice and find any bug!

Update:

Version 0.1.0: The first version.

See Also

gini.1994 gini.1997 gini.2000 gini gini.2007 gini.1994b

Examples

x=c(382.8,522.7,192.4,227.4,490.2,108.0,222.5,220.5,231.2,375.3,323.9,79.9,305.7,98.7,46.1,35.3)
y=c(2778,3333,1673,1708,2118,1077,1850,1557,2010,2587,2482,616,2010,936,633,582)
gini.2002(x,y)#0.1216807

Gini Coefficient

Description

To calculate the Gini coefficient according to the following literature: Jianhua Zhang. An easy-to-use method for calculating the Gini coefficient. Journal of Shanxi Agricultural University (Social Science Edition)(in Chinese), 2007, 6(3): 275-278,283.

Usage

gini.2007(x,y,group)

Arguments

x

vector, population of each region

y

vector, health resource of each region

group

integer, the number of groups, usually 5 to 10

Value

G

Gini coefficient. Critria: <0.3=best fairness, 0.3-0.4=relative fairness, >0.4=unfairness, >0.6=highly unfair

Note

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any advice and find any bug!

Update:

Version 0.1.0: The first version.

See Also

gini.1994 gini.1997 gini.2000 gini.2002 gini gini.1994b

Examples

x=c(382.8,522.7,192.4,227.4,490.2,108.0,222.5,220.5,231.2,375.3,323.9,79.9,305.7,98.7,46.1,35.3)
y=c(2778,3333,1673,1708,2118,1077,1850,1557,2010,2587,2482,616,2010,936,633,582)
gini.2007(x,y)#0.1216807

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