lbl_clean: Clean unused labels

In ipumsr: An R Interface for Downloading, Reading, and Handling IPUMS Data

Clean unused labels

Description

Remove labels that do not appear in the data. When converting labelled values to a factor, this avoids the creation of additional factor levels.

Usage

lbl_clean(x)

Arguments

x	A labelled vector

Value

A labelled vector

See Also

Other lbl_helpers: lbl_add(), lbl_define(), lbl_na_if(), lbl_relabel(), lbl(), zap_ipums_attributes()

Examples

x <- haven::labelled(
  c(1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3),
  c(Q1 = 1, Q2 = 2, Q3 = 3, Q4 = 4)
)

lbl_clean(x)

# Compare the factor levels of the normal and cleaned labels after coercion
as_factor(lbl_clean(x))

as_factor(x)

ipumsr documentation built on Oct. 20, 2023, 5:10 p.m.