Package 'redatam'

Title: Import 'REDATAM' Files
Description: Import 'REDATAM' files into R. 'REDATAM' is a software for the manipulation of microdata from censuses and surveys. This package provides functions to import 'REDATAM' files into R. It is based on De Grande (2016) <https://www.jstor.org/stable/24890658>.
Authors: Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda [aut, cre] , Lital Barkai [aut], Arseny Kapoulkine [ctb] ('pugixml' C++ library), Republic of Ecuador [dtc] (Galapagos census data)
Maintainer: Mauricio Vargas Sepulveda <[email protected]>
License: Apache License (>= 2)
Version: 2.0.0
Built: 2024-10-22 07:27:08 UTC
Source: CRAN

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Read REDATAM dictionary

Description

Read a DIC or DICX dictionary file directly into R.

Usage

read_redatam(dictionary)

Arguments

dictionary

A character string with the path to the dictionary file. It allows relative paths.

Value

A list of tibbles, each one representing a table with the census entities (or levels) and their attributes (or variables).

Examples

# Read a dictionary file (Galapagos 2015)
zip <- system.file("extdata", "galapagos.zip", package = "redatam")
dout <- paste(tempdir(), "galapagos", sep = "/")
unzip(zip, exdir = dout)
read_redatam(paste(dout, "cg15.dic", sep = "/"))