Read a CSV file downloaded from the NLS Investigator

Source: R/read-csv-nlsy-79.R

The function accepts a (file path to) CSV file and creates a base::data.frame. The base::data.frame is modified and augmented with columns to assist later routines.

ReadCsvNlsy79Gen1(filePath, dsExtract = utils::read.csv(filePath))

Arguments

filePath

A path to the CSV file. Remember to use double back-slashes in Windows, or forward-slashes in Windows or Linux.
dsExtract

A 'data.frame' (containing the extract) can be passed instead of the file path if the data has already been read into R's memory.

Value

A base::data.frame to facilitate biometric analysis.

Details

The function does seven things.

  1. Reads the CSV into a base::data.frame.

  2. Checks that the NLSY variables C00001.00 and C00002.00 exist in the base::data.frame.

  3. The NLSY variable C00001.00 is renamed SubjectID.

  4. A variable named Generation is given a value of 2 for all subjects.

  5. The SubjectTag variable is created.

  6. The NLSY variable C00002.00 is multiplied by 100 and renamed SubjectTagOfMother.

  7. The NLSY variable R00001.49 (ie, their Mother's HHID is attached to each Gen2 record).

Author

Will Beasley

Examples

if (FALSE) {
filePathGen2 <- "~/Nlsy/Datasets/gen2-birth.csv"
ds <- ReadCsvNlsy79Gen2(filePath=filePathGen2)
}