RelDivers: A function to compute multi-group relative diversity index
Description
The relative diversity index is a multi-group
index based on Simpson's interaction index ISimpson
Usage
RelDivers(x)
Value
multi-group relative diversity index
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
Carlson S. M. (1992) Trends in race/sex
occupational inequality: conceptual and measurement issues.
Social Problems, 39, p. 269-290