PUMS ftp go-fer — pums_ftp_gofer • psrccensus

Download & filter data from the Census Bureau Microdata ftp server Helper to the get_psrc_pums function

Usage

pums_ftp_gofer(span, dyear, level, vars, dir = NULL)

Arguments

span: Either 1 for acs1 or 5 for acs5
dyear: The data year
level: Either "p" or "h", for "persons" or "households" respectively
vars: PUMS variable/s as an UPPERCASE string element or list
dir: Directory for .gz file, if already downloaded. Default NULL uses the Census ftp.

Value

data.table with all requested variables, sample & replication weights, and if needed, inflation adjustments

Author

Michael Jensen