GiniMulti: A function to compute multi-group Gini index
Description
Multi-group Gini is a multi-group version of
the Gini index
Usage
GiniMulti(x)
Arguments
x
- an object of class matrix (or which can be coerced to that class),
where each column represents the distribution of a group within
spatial units. The number of columns should be greater than 1 (at least 2
groups are required). You should not include a column with total
population, because this will be interpreted as a group.
References
Reardon S. F. (1998) Measures of racial
diversity and segregation in multi-group and hierarchical
structured Populations. Annual meeting of the Eastern
Sociological Society, Philadelphia