get.field.info: Get short and long field names etc for ACS tables

In ejanalysis/ACSdownload: Obtain American Community Survey Summary File Data Tables from Census Bureau FTP Site (for EJ analysis, etc.)

Get short and long field names etc for ACS tables

Description

Get info on tables from US Census Bureau for American Community Survey 5-year summary file.

Usage

get.field.info(
  tables,
  end.year = acsdefaultendyearhere_func(),
  table.info.only = FALSE,
  moe = FALSE,
  basic = FALSE,
  silent = FALSE
)

Arguments

tables	Required vector of tables such as "B01001"
end.year	Last year of 5-year summary file such as '2018'
table.info.only	FALSE by default. If TRUE, only return info about the table(s), not variables in table(s).
moe	FALSE by default. Margin of error variables also included if TRUE, but their names are identical to those of estimates fields other than being MOE instead of estimate.
basic	FALSE by default. If TRUE, a very limited subset of the info is returned (just variable number and name). This parameter is ignored if table.info.only=TRUE
silent	Optional logical, FALSE by default. Whether to send progress info to standard output (like the screen)

Details

Uses get.lookup.acs() but for latest version could just use data(lookup.acs)

Value

data.frame of information about each table and each variable in table:
Value returned is data.frame of info about each table and also each variable in the table
e.g., longname2 which is version where no spaces or colons or escaped quotation marks etc.

See Also

get.acs(), get.table.info()

Examples

## Not run: 
  finfo <- get.field.info(c('B17020A', 'B17020H'))
  cbind(
    names(tracts), substr(finfo$longname.unique[match(names(tracts), finfo$shortname)], 1, 100)
  )
  foundnames <- names(tracts)[names(tracts) %in% finfo$shortname]
  cbind(
    foundnames, substr(finfo$longname.unique[match(foundnames, finfo$shortname)], 1, 100)
  )

## End(Not run)

ejanalysis/ACSdownload documentation built on Jan. 18, 2025, 7:43 a.m.