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Calculates the energy burden as the ratio of energy spending to gross income. Energy burden is defined as E_b = S/G, where S is energy spending and G is gross income.

Usage

energy_burden_func(g, s, se = NULL)

Arguments

g

Numeric vector of gross income values

s

Numeric vector of energy spending values

se

Optional numeric vector of effective energy spending (defaults to s)

Value

Numeric vector of energy burden values (ratio of spending to income)

Examples

# Calculate energy burden for households
gross_income <- c(50000, 75000, 100000)
energy_spending <- c(3000, 3500, 4000)
energy_burden_func(gross_income, energy_spending)
#> [1] 0.06000000 0.04666667 0.04000000