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

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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'.

Value

A tibble with the requested year's GSS data.

Examples

gss80 <- gss_get_yr(1980)

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