birth_state: Birth State

In Mikuana/vitalstatistics: CDC Vital Statistics Analysis Tools

Description

A factor column describing the state or territory where the birth occurred.

Details

From 1968 to 2004 the public data sets included the state (or territory) where the birth occurred. After 2004, state of occurrence is no longer included, presumably for privacy reasons. This field include all 50 states, and the District of Columbia (i.e. Washington D.C.).

The field includes placeholder levels for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, but due to the way that the raw data are processed, there are no records for these territories. In future development, this may be changed so that they are included.

Value

a factor column

Data Quality Tests

This column is tested for the following quality assumptions prior to packaging:

1. all 51 states (including D.C.) are represented in expected years

2. there are no missing values in expected years

3. no states are represented after 2004

4. territories have no records at any time

See Also

births

Other births-column: birth_in_hospital, birth_month_date, birth_via_cesarean, birth_weekday_date, child_sex, mother_age

Mikuana/vitalstatistics documentation built on May 7, 2019, 4:57 p.m.