lapop_cccomb: LAPOP Bar Graphs

In lapop: Processing, Visualizing, and Labeling Americas Barometer Data

LAPOP Bar Graphs

Description

This function shows a bar graph for categorical variables using LAPOP formatting.

Usage

lapop_cccomb(
  cc1,
  cc2,
  subtitle1 = "",
  subtitle2 = "",
  main_title = "",
  source_info = "",
  lang = "en",
  color_scheme = "#784885",
  file_name = "",
  width_px = 895,
  height_px = 600
)

Arguments

cc1, cc2	lapop_cc (ggplot) object. Graphic for left and right panes, respectively.
subtitle1, subtitle2	Character. Describes the values/data shown in the graph, e.g., "Percent who agree that...". Default: None.
main_title	Character. Title of graph. Default: None.
source_info	Character. Information on dataset used (country, years, version, etc.), which is added to the end of "Source: LAPOP Lab" in the bottom-left corner of the graph. Default: None (only "Source: LAPOP Lab" will be printed).
lang	Character. Changes default subtitle text and source info to either Spanish or English. Will not translate input text, such as main title or variable labels. Takes either "en" (English) or "es" (Spanish). Default: "en".
color_scheme	Character. Color of bars. Takes hex numbers, beginning with "#". Default: "#008381".
file_name	Character. If desired, supply file path + name to save graph.
width_px, height_px	Numeric. Width and height of saved graph in pixels. Default: 895, 600.

Value

Returns an object of class ggplot, a ggplot bar graph.

Author(s)

Luke Plutowski, [e-mail]

Examples

require(lapop); lapop_fonts()
df1 <- data.frame(vallabel = c("Crime victim", "Non-victim"),
prop = c(36.1, 19.3),
proplabel = c("36%" ,"19%"),
lb = c(34.9, 18.1),
ub = c(37.3, 20.5))

df2 <- data.frame(vallabel = c("Crime victim", "Non-victim"),
prop = c(45, 15),
proplabel = c("45%" ,"15%"),
lb = c(43, 13),
ub = c(47, 16))

ccx <- lapop_cc(df1)
ccy <- lapop_cc(df2)

lapop_cccomb(ccx, ccy,
subtitle1 = "% who support democracy",
subtitle2 = "% who are satisfied with democracy",
main_title = "Crime victims are more supportive of and satisfied with democracy",
source_info = ", AmericasBarometer 2023")

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