extract_dhs: Extract Data

In ropensci/rdhs: API Client and Dataset Management for the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data

Extract Data

Description

Extracts data from your downloaded datasets according to a data.frame of requested survey variables or survey definitions

Usage

extract_dhs(questions, add_geo = FALSE)

Arguments

questions	Questions to be queried, in the format from search_variables or search_variable_labels
add_geo	Add geographic information to the extract. Defaut = 'TRUE'

Details

Function to extract datasets using a set of survey questions as taken from the output from search_variables or search_variable_labels

Value

A list of 'data.frames' for each survey data extracted.

Examples

## Not run: 
# get the model datasets included with the package
model_datasets <- model_datasets

# download one of them
g <- get_datasets(dataset_filenames = model_datasets$FileName[1])

# create some terms of data me may want to extrac
st <- search_variable_labels(names(g), "bed net")

# and now extract it
ex <- extract_dhs(st)

## End(Not run)

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