Add Zero for Skipped Infrequent Expenditure Types — add_expenditure_type_zero

This function adds zero values to infrequent expenditure types that were skipped in the survey. Infrequent expenditures are defined as those with a 6-month recall period. The function also ensures that when no expenditure is reported, all expenditure types are set to zero.

Usage

add_expenditure_type_zero_infreq(
  df,
  expenditure_infreq = "cm_expenditure_frequent",
  none = "none",
  undefined = c("dnk", "pnta"),
  expenditure_infreq_types = c("cm_expenditure_infrequent_shelter",
    "cm_expenditure_infrequent_nfi", "cm_expenditure_infrequent_health",
    "cm_expenditure_infrequent_education", "cm_expenditure_infrequent_debt",
    "cm_expenditure_infrequent_other")
)

Arguments

df: A data frame containing expenditure data.
expenditure_infreq: A character string. The name of the column that contains the infrequent expenditures.
none: The value for no expenditure.
undefined: A character vector. The values that indicate that the infrequent expenditures type was skipped.
expenditure_infreq_types: A character vector. The names of the columns that contain the amount of infrequent expenditures types.

Value

A data frame with updated expenditure columns: columns specified in expenditure_infreq_types are updated with zeros for skipped entries.