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Documentation for package ‘Biograph’ version 2.0.6

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Biograph-package Explore life histories (biographies, lifepaths)
AgeTrans Ages at transition
age_as_Date Converts a vector of ages to object of class 'Date'.
age_as_year Converts a vector of ages to decimal year (calendar year and fraction of year).
Biograph Explore life histories (biographies, lifepaths)
Biograph.Lexis Converts Biograph object to Lexis object of class "Lexis"
Biograph.long Converts Biograph object to long format
Biograph.msm Biograph to msm format
Biograph.mstate Converts Biograph object to mstate object of class "msdata"
Biograph.mvna Converts Biograph object to input data for mvna package
ChangeObservationWindow.e Changes observation window to period between two transitions
ChangeObservationWindow.t Changes observation window to period between two points in time
check.par Checks major characteristics of Biograph object
cmc_as_age Converts date in Century Month Code (CMC) to age.
cmc_as_Date Converts a vector of dates in Century Month Code (CMC) to object of class 'Date'.
cmc_as_year Converts date in Century Month Code (CMC) to date in calendar year and fraction of year.
Cumrates Estimates cumulative transition rates
Date_as_age Converts a vector of dates (class 'Date') to ages.
Date_as_cmc Converts a vector of dates (class 'Date') to Century Month Codes.
Date_as_year Converts a vector of dates (class 'Date') to decimal year (calendar year and fraction of year).
date_b Converts dates in a Biograph object to dates in another format
date_convert Converts vector of dates from one format to another
GLHS GLHS data
GLHS.IllnessDeath Illness-death model for job transitions
GLHS.trans Transition matrix of illness-death model (tmat)
Lexis.lines Draws Lexis diagram with lifelines for selected subjects
Lexis.points Plots ages and calendar years at transitions in Lexis diagram
Lexislines Draws Lexis diagram with lifelines for selected subjects
Lexislines.episodes Draws Lexis diagram with lifelines for selected subjects
LexisOccExp Displays occurrences, exposures and transition rates in a Lexis diagram
Lexispoints Plot event dates and ages in Lexis diagram
locpath Determines location of state sequence in Biograph object
MSLT Multistate life table: survival function and exposure function
MSLT.e Multistate life table: survival function and exposure function
MSLT.S Multistate life table: survival function and exposure function
NLOG98 NLOG98 Netherlands Family and Fertility Survey 1998
Occup State occupancies and sojourn times
OverviewEpisodes Overview of episodes
OverviewTransitions Overview of transitions
Parameters Life history parameters from data
plot.cumrates Plots cumulative transition rates
plot.MSLT.S Plots survival function.
plot.occup.S Plots state occupancies
pos.char Position of a given character in a string variable (first match)
pos.charstr Position of a character string in a string variable
Rates.ac Estimates occurrence-exposure rates
RateTable Table for rate calculation
Ratetable Table for rate calculation
Remove.intrastate Removes intrastate transitions from Biograph object
rrdat The Blossfeld-Rohwer subsample of the German Life History Survey (GLHS)
SamplePath Obtains samplepath for selected subjects
Sequences Lists state sequences in the data
Sequences.ind Individual state trajectories
Sequences.ind.0 Sorts dates in ascending order and generates state sequence (path).
StateSpace Get state space
state_age Determines for given individuals state occupied at given ages
state_time Determines individual state occupation times
string.blank.omit Removes blanks in character string, including the leading and trailing white space.
stringf Converts character string to vector
Trans Transitions by age
TransitionAB Occurrences of selected transition by age
transitions Generate flow table
YearTrans Converts dates at transition to years at transition
year_as_age Converts decinal years to age.
year_as_cmc Converts decinal years to cmc.
year_as_Date Converts a vector of dates in decimal years (calendar years and fractions of year) to object of class 'Date'.