cvap_distribute: Estimate CVAP at the Block Level

In cvap: Citizen Voting Age Population

Estimate CVAP at the Block Level

Description

Assuming citizenship homogeneity within block group race/ethnicity, estimates down from block groups to the block level, proportionally by group if possible, otherwise by total population.

Usage

cvap_distribute(cvap, block, wts = "pop", include_implied = TRUE)

Arguments

cvap	cvap data at the block group level, using default settings of get_cvap()
block	block data data for the Census before (or the same as) the year of the cvap data
wts	'pop' (default) or 'vap' for the group to distribute by.
include_implied	logical if a column for the implied total (impl_cvap) should be included. Default is TRUE

Value

cvap tibble estimated at the block level

Examples

## Not run: 
# Requires API set up with tidycensus
state <- 'DE'
cvap <- cvap_get(state, year = 2019)
de_block <- censable::build_dec(geography = 'block',
state = state, year = 2010, geometry = FALSE)

## End(Not run)
# Alternatively, using example data
state <- 'DE'
cvap <- cvap_get(state, year = 2019)
data('de_block')
cvap_block <- cvap_distribute(cvap, de_block)

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