getDHSdata: Download DHS survey data

In surveyPrev: Mapping the Prevalence of Binary Indicators using Survey Data in Small Areas

Download DHS survey data

Description

This function downloads DHS data for a particular country and survey.

Usage

getDHSdata(country, indicator = NULL, Recode = NULL, year, SurveyType = "DHS")

Arguments

country	Country name.
indicator	Indicator of interests. Current list of supported indicators include: "womananemia", "ancvisit4+", "stunting", "wasting", "DPT3".
Recode	Types of dhs Recode
year	Year the survey conducted.
SurveyType	Type of survey ("DHS","SPE"). Default is "DHS".

Value

This function returns the survey dataset that contains the indicator.

Author(s)

Qianyu Dong

Examples

## Not run: 
# When indicator is known, download only the relevant file
# "RH_ANCN_W_N4P" is an indicator for having more than four ANC visits.
#  In previous versions of the package, it is labeled "ancvisit4+".
dhsData <- getDHSdata(country = "Zambia",
                                 indicator = "RH_ANCN_W_N4P",
                                 year = 2018)

# When indicator is NULL or not recognized, download all files
dhsData <- getDHSdata(country = "Zambia",
                                 indicator = NULL,
                                 year = 2018)
names(dhsData)

## End(Not run)

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