Returns a data frame containing metadata for the microdata variables in the local fusionACS database.
Usage
dictionary(directory = get_directory(), verbose = TRUE)Value
A data frame with the following columns:
- variable
Variable name (column in microdata).
- description
Variable description or definition.
- survey
Acronym of the survey where the variable comes from.
- vintage
Vintage of the donor survey where the variable comes from (NA for ACS variables; see 'years' instead).
- respondent
Does the variable apply to "household" or "person" microdata observations?
- type
The data type of the variable (e.g. integer).
- n_values
Number of unique values the variable exhibits.
- values
Summary of the values found in the microdata. For numeric variables, returns the output of
summary. For categorical variables, returns a list of the unique values/levels.- years
Year(s) of ACS-PUMS microdata for which the variable is available.
- custom
Logical indicating a 'custom' ACS variable created by the fusionACS team. See: https://github.com/ummel/fusionData/tree/master/survey-processed/ACS/custom
Examples
dict <- dictionary()
View(dict)