readHIVData: Reads the standard HIV .dta file into R.
In vando026/ahri: R functions for estimating HIV incidence with AHRI data

readHIVData

R Documentation

Reads the standard HIV .dta file into R.

Description

Reads in AHRI data from standard HIV .dta file

Usage

readHIVData(
  inFile = NULL,
  dropTasP = TRUE,
  addVars = " ",
  drop15Less = TRUE,
  write_rda = TRUE
)

Arguments

`inFile`	File path to .dta, default is set by `setFiles`.
`dropTasP`	Default is to drop TasP surveillance areas from the data.
`addVars`	A regular expression string representing the variables to be added.
`drop15Less`	Default is to drop all observations with Age < 15 years. Only participants >=15 years eligible for HIV testing.
`write_rda`	Default is to write the .Rda file.

Value

data.frame

Examples

# Writes .Rda to file

readHIVData(write_rda = TRUE)

# Drop TasP areas, dont write to file
readHIVData(dropTasP = FALSE, write_rda = TRUE)
# Saves to global environment 
hdat <- readHIVData(write_rda=FALSE)
# Add variables
hdat <- readHIVData(addVars="HIVRefused|WhereLastTested", write_rda=FALSE)

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