covid_mask: Covid Mask Use
In AmberlyDziesinski/ds: Files for Vanderbilt Data Science 1000

Description Usage Format Details Source

Loads clean version of New York Times and Dynata Survey of mask usage data into the environment.

1	data(covid_mask)

Data are structured as one observation per county. Variables include:

county_fips: County FIPS code (unique ID)
county_name: County name
state: State Name
state_fips: State FIPS code (unique ID)
never: The estimated share of people in this county who would say never in response to the question “How often do you wear a mask in public when you expect to be within six feet of another person?”
rarely: The estimated share of people in this county who would say rarely
sometimes: The estimated share of people in this county who would say sometimes
frequently: The estimated share of people in this county who would say frequently
always: The estimated share of people in this county who would say always

These data estimate mask usage by county. Estimates from The New York Times, based on roughly 250,000 interviews conducted by Dynata from July 2 to July 14. Partisipants were asked "How often do you wear a mask in public when you expect to be within six feet of another person?"

These data were downloaded from the New York Times: https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data/tree/master/mask-use License https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data/blob/master/LICENSE

AmberlyDziesinski/ds documentation built on Dec. 17, 2021, 8:45 a.m.