R/ddi_read.r
read_ipums_codebook.Rd
Read text formatted codebooks provided by some IPUMS extract systems such as NHGIS and Terra Area-level extracts in a format analogous to the DDIs available for other projects.
read_ipums_codebook(cb_file, data_layer = NULL)
cb_file | Filepath to the codebook (either the .zip file directly downloaded from the website, or the path to the unzipped .txt file). |
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data_layer | dplyr |
A ipums_ddi
object with information on the variables included in the
csv file of a NHGIS extract.
Other ipums_metadata:
read_ipums_ddi()
# Example NHGIS extract nhgis_file <- ipums_example("nhgis0008_csv.zip") ddi <- read_ipums_codebook(nhgis_file)