get.table.info2: Get 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 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.table.info2(
  tables,
  end.year = acsdefaultendyearhere_func(),
  table.info.only = TRUE,
  moe = 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	TRUE by default. See get.field.info()
moe	FALSE by default. If TRUE, returns MOE versions of field names and descriptions.

Details

Wrapper for get.field.info()

Value

data.frame of information about each table and each variable in table:
Table.ID, Line.Number, Table.Title, table.var, varname2

# Value returned is data.frame of info about each table and also each variable in the table:

    Table.ID Line.Number                                                 Table.Title  table.var                                           varname2\cr

7 B01001 NA SEX BY AGE SEXBYAGE
8 B01001 NA Universe: Total population UniverseTotalpopulation
9 B01001 1 Total: B01001.001 Total
10 B01001 2 Male: B01001.002 Male

See Also

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

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