af_load: Loads the Afrobarometer dataset

In mdaku/afrobar: A simple helper package for working with Afrobarometer data

Description

Loads the Afrobarometer dataset

Arguments

round	A number specifying which round of the Afrobarometer to load (6 by default)
force	A boolean specifiying whether or not to force the download of a new copy from the website (false by default)
clean	A boolean specifying whether or not to clean the dataset (TRUE by default)

Value

Returns the dataframe afro, and sets a global integer af.round

Examples

# Load the 6th round of the Afrobarometer from local file if available,
# or from the website if the local file does not exist
af_load()

# Download and load the 5th round of the Afrobarometer, ignoring and
# overwriting any local files that exist
af_load(5, force=T)

# Download and load the 3rd round of the Afrobarometer, ignoring and
# overwriting any local files that exist, do not automatically clean
af_load(5, force=T, clean=F)

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