gss_get_yr: Download GSS data file for a single year from NORC
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gss_get_yr

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Download GSS data file for a single year from NORC

Description

Use gss_get_yr() to get GSS data for a single year from NORC's GSS website (where it is available as a zipped Stata file) and put it directly into a tibble.

Usage

gss_get_yr(
  year = 2022,
  url = "https://gss.norc.org/documents/stata/",
  fname = "_stata",
  ext = "zip",
  dest = "data-raw/",
  save_file = c("n", "y")
)

Arguments

`year`	The desired GSS survey year, as a number (i.e., not in quotes). Defaults to 2022.
`url`	Location of the file. Defaults to the current NORC URL for Stata files.
`fname`	Non-year filename component. Defaults to '_stata'. Usually should not be changed.
`ext`	File name extension. Defaults to 'zip'. Usually should not be changed.
`dest`	If `save_file` is "y", the directory to put the file in. Defaults to `data-raw` in current directory.
`save_file`	Save the data file as well as loading it as an object. Defaults to 'n'.