inst/doc/faq.R

In NlsyLinks: Utilities and Kinship Information for Research with the NLSY

## ----setup, include = FALSE---------------------------------------------------
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>"
)

library(NlsyLinks)

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subset(Links79Pair, RelationshipPath == "Gen2Siblings" & R == .75)

## ---- results='hide'----------------------------------------------------------
dsLinks <- Links79PairExpanded
isGen2Sib <- dsLinks$RelationshipPath == "Gen2Siblings"

olderFullYoungerHalf <- (dsLinks$RExplicitOlderSibVersion == .5 &
  dsLinks$RExplicitYoungerSibVersion == .25)

olderHalfYoungerFull <- (dsLinks$RExplicitOlderSibVersion == .25 &
  dsLinks$RExplicitYoungerSibVersion == .5)


dsLinks[isGen2Sib & (olderFullYoungerHalf | olderHalfYoungerFull), ]

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library(NlsyLinks)
filePathOutcomes <- file.path(path.package("NlsyLinks"), "extdata", "gen1-life-course.csv")

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dsDemographics <- ReadCsvNlsy79Gen1(filePathOutcomes)
summary(dsDemographics)

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dsDemographics <- RenameNlsyColumn(dsDemographics, "R0214700", "Race")
dsDemographics <- RenameNlsyColumn(dsDemographics, "R0214800", "Gender")

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# The official documentation calls this last level "NON-BLACK, NON-HISPANIC"
dsDemographics$Race <- factor(
  x = dsDemographics$Race,
  levels = 1:3,
  labels = c("Hispanic", "Black", "NBNH")
)
dsDemographics$Gender <- factor(
  x = dsDemographics$Gender,
  levels = 1:2,
  labels = c("Male", "Female")
)

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library(NlsyLinks)
filePathOutcomes <- file.path(path.package("NlsyLinks"), "extdata", "gen2-birth.csv")
dsDemographics <- ReadCsvNlsy79Gen2(filePathOutcomes) # Notice this function is for Gen2.
# summary(dsDemographics) #Uncomment to see the summary

dsDemographics <- RenameNlsyColumn(dsDemographics, "C0005300", "Race")
dsDemographics <- RenameNlsyColumn(dsDemographics, "C0005400", "Gender")

dsDemographics$Race <- factor(
  x = dsDemographics$Race,
  levels = 1:3,
  labels = c("Hispanic", "Black", "NBNH")
)
dsDemographics$Gender <- factor(
  x = dsDemographics$Gender,
  levels = 1:2,
  labels = c("Male", "Female")
)

## ---- eval=FALSE--------------------------------------------------------------
#  dsCombined <- merge(x = dsDemographics, y = dsOutcomes, by = "SubjectTag", all = TRUE)