R/demographics.R
montagu_demographics_list.RdMontagu provides standardised demographic data for the groups to use in their models. The source of the data is UNWPP, although various procedures are applied for convenience, including work on some smaller countries, people above the age of 80 in certain time periods, and extrapolating both cohorts backwards in time to their origins before 1950. Internal documents in the reporting portal describe the methods and motivations for these extensions.
montagu_demographics_list(touchstone_id, location = NULL)
| touchstone_id | Touchstone identifier |
|---|---|
| location | The location of the montagu api server. |
A data frame, giving the code and description for each demographic statistic, whether the data are stratified by gender, and a code indicating the source of the demographic data, which will change if there are future updates to any of the demographic data fields.