cps_cols: Sample column specifications for reading CPS data
In cpsvote: A Toolbox for Using the CPS’s Voting and Registration Supplement
Description
Because the CPS is a fixed-width file that changes data locations (and variable
names) across years, to correctly read the data you have to specify which
start/end positions correspond to which column names in each year. This is one
such specification. To add extra data or change column names, see the Vignette.
Usage
1
Format
A data frame with 204 rows and 8 columns:
- year
year
- cps_name
original column name as given by the CPS
- new_name
a new name, which tries to describe the variable and join
sensibly across multiple years
- start_pos
which character of a line the variable starts with
- end_pos
which character of a line the variable ends with
- col_type
whether the column is character, numeric, or a factor
- description
the question text/description from the CPS
- notes
any notes for question administration or analysis
cpsvote documentation built on Nov. 8, 2020, 4:27 p.m.
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Description
Because the CPS is a fixed-width file that changes data locations (and variable names) across years, to correctly read the data you have to specify which start/end positions correspond to which column names in each year. This is one such specification. To add extra data or change column names, see the Vignette.
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 204 rows and 8 columns:
- year
year
- cps_name
original column name as given by the CPS
- new_name
a new name, which tries to describe the variable and join sensibly across multiple years
- start_pos
which character of a line the variable starts with
- end_pos
which character of a line the variable ends with
- col_type
whether the column is character, numeric, or a factor
- description
the question text/description from the CPS
- notes
any notes for question administration or analysis
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