parse_map: Create dictionary from DHS .MAP codebook

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

Create dictionary from DHS .MAP codebook

Description

Create dictionary from DHS .MAP codebook

Usage

parse_map(map, all_lower = TRUE)

Arguments

map	A character vector containing .MAP file, e.g. from 'readLines()'.
all_lower	Logical indicating whether all value labels should be converted to lower case

Details

Currently hardcoded for 111 char width .MAP files, which covers the vast majority of DHS Phase V, VI, and VIII. To be extended in the future and perhaps add other useful options.

Value

A data frame containing metadata, principally variable labels and a vector of value labels.

Examples

mrdt_zip <- tempfile()
download.file("https://dhsprogram.com/data/model_data/dhs/zzmr61fl.zip",
              mrdt_zip, mode="wb")

map <- rdhs::read_zipdata(mrdt_zip, "\\.MAP", readLines)
dct <- rdhs:::parse_map(map)

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