calc_other_language: Calculate Whether Participant Speaks a Language Other Than...

In AOUSDOHtools: Analyzing AOU SDOH Survey Data

Calculate Whether Participant Speaks a Language Other Than English at Home

Description

This function creates a nominal categorical variable with values 'Yes', 'No', or 'PMI: Prefer Not To Answer', indicating whether the participant speaks a language other than English at home.

Usage

calc_other_language(survey_df)

Arguments

survey_df

A data frame containing survey data with at least three columns: 'person_id', 'question_concept_id', and 'answer'.

Value

A data frame with two columns: 'person_id' and 'other_language', where 'other_language' contains the values 'Yes', 'No', or 'PMI: Prefer Not To Answer'. Participants without data or who skipped the question will have NA values.

Examples

# Create a sample survey data frame
survey_df <- data.frame(
  person_id = c(1, 2, 3, 4, 5),
  question_concept_id = rep(40192526, 5),
  answer = c("Yes", "No", "Yes", "Prefer Not To Answer", "Skip")
)

# Compute whether participants speak a language other than English at home
other_language_scores <- calc_other_language(survey_df)
head(other_language_scores)

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