childfree: Access and Harmonize Childfree Demographic Data

Reads demographic data from a variety of public data sources, extracting and harmonizing variables useful for the study of childfree individuals. The identification of childfree individuals and those with other family statuses uses Neal & Neal's (2024) "A Framework for Studying Adults who Neither have Nor Want Children" <doi:10.1177/10664807231198869>; A pre-print is available at <doi:10.31234/osf.io/fa89m>.

Package details

AuthorZachary Neal [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3076-4995>), Jennifer Watling Neal [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7749-8121>)
MaintainerZachary Neal <zpneal@msu.edu>
LicenseGPL-3
Version0.0.5
URL https://thechildfree.org/
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