acs.describe: Describe a field in the ACS PUMS data
In davidthaler/PUMSutils: Computes Point Estimates and Standard Errors on the ACS PUMS Data
Description
Usage
Arguments
Value
Examples
Description
Extract the description of a field in the ACS PUMS data from the
data dictionary. The description includes the column name (abbreviation),
the field name (plain English), the factor levels and their descriptions
for integer-coded categoricals or the range and description for numeric
variables.
Usage
1
acs.describe(dd, field, max.len = NULL)
Arguments
dd
the data dict as a string
field
the ACS column name to extract
max.len
max length of description in words, default is all
Value
list with column name and description, levels and their definitions
Examples
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# Integer-coded categorical field
acs.describe(data.dict16, 'TEN')
# Numeric field
acs.describe(data.dict16, 'NP', 25)
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Description Usage Arguments Value Examples
Description
Extract the description of a field in the ACS PUMS data from the data dictionary. The description includes the column name (abbreviation), the field name (plain English), the factor levels and their descriptions for integer-coded categoricals or the range and description for numeric variables.
Usage
1 | acs.describe(dd, field, max.len = NULL)
|
Arguments
dd |
the data dict as a string |
field |
the ACS column name to extract |
max.len |
max length of description in words, default is all |
Value
list with column name and description, levels and their definitions
Examples
1 2 3 4 5 | # Integer-coded categorical field
acs.describe(data.dict16, 'TEN')
# Numeric field
acs.describe(data.dict16, 'NP', 25)
|
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