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Parse upper bounds from age class labels

get_age_upper_bounds.Rd

Extract numeric upper bounds from age class labels for binning or recoding age variables. Use when creating new age classes from labeled data for tabulation or reporting.

Usage

get_age_upper_bounds(labels)

Arguments

labels

character vector. Age class labels (e.g., from value_labels).

Value

numeric vector. Upper bounds for each age class.

Details

  • Detects labels indicating minimum age (e.g., 'less than', 'under').

  • Extracts trailing numeric value from each label.

  • Adjusts minimum class to be exclusive (subtracts 1).

  • Returns a numeric vector; does not modify by reference.

  • Assumes labels are character and contain numeric bounds; errors if not.

Settings

None.

See also

  • value_labels

Other recoding utilities: get_income_bounds(), get_max_acs_income_bin(), get_max_income_bin(), get_max_survey_income_bin()

Examples

labels <- c('Under 5', '5-9', '10-14', '15+')
get_age_upper_bounds(labels)
#> [1]  4  9 14 NA