Add Number of Shelter Issues and Related Category — add_shelter_issue

This function calculates the number of shelter issues and categorizes them based on predefined thresholds. It also handles undefined and other responses.

Usage

add_shelter_issue_cat(
  df,
  shelter_issue = "snfi_shelter_issue",
  none = "none",
  issues = c("lack_privacy", "lack_space", "temperature", "ventilation", "leak", "lock",
    "lack_lighting", "difficulty_move"),
  undefined = c("dnk", "pnta"),
  other = c("other"),
  sep = "/"
)

Arguments

df: A data frame containing shelter issue data.
shelter_issue: Component column: Shelter issues.
none: Response code for no issue.
issues: Character vector of issues.
undefined: Character vector of undefined responses codes (e.g. "Prefer not to answer").
other: Character vector of other responses codes (e.g. "Other").
sep: Separator for the binary columns.

Value

A data frame with additional columns:

snfi_shelter_issue_n: Count of shelter issues.
snfi_shelter_issue_cat: Categorized shelter issues: "none", "undefined", "other", "1_to_3", "4_to_6", or "7_to_8".