getDHScodes: Create a lookup table for DHS country and indicator codes,...

In flaneuse/svywrangler: Helper Functions for Statistical Analyses of Survey Data

Description

Create a lookup table for DHS country and indicator codes, and find the country/indicator code based on the list

Usage

getDHScountry(country_names, return_table = FALSE)

getDHSindicator(indicators, refresh_indicators = FALSE,
  return_table = FALSE)

Arguments

country_names	string or list of strings of country names
return_table	whether to return the codes in a table containing their name and code, or just a collapsed list of the codes
indicators	string or list of strings of indicator names (or parts of their names)
refresh_indicators	T/F of whether to re-pull the indicator list from the DHS website. Takes a bit of time to execute

Functions

• getDHScountry: Function to pull the DHS codes for country names. Can take either a single country or multiple ones; also can return entire table or just the country code Matching is *exact* matching; input name must exactly match a country name within the DHS dataset.

• getDHSindicator: Function to lookup the DHS indicator codes. Partially matches to input indicator; user can select which indicator(s) they want

Examples

getDHScountry(c('Niger', 'Nigeria', 'Rwanda', 'Zambia'), return_table = FALSE)
getDHScountry(c('Niger', 'Nigeria', 'Rwanda', 'Zambia'), return_table = TRUE)
getDHScountry('Rwanda')
getDHScountry('Nige') # Returns an error.
stunted_indic = getDHSindicator('stunted', return_table = TRUE)
malnourished = getDHSindicator(c('stunted', 'wasted', 'underweight'))
getDHSindicator('studnted') # returns nothing

flaneuse/svywrangler documentation built on May 24, 2019, 2:49 p.m.