target.population.demographics {sate} | R Documentation |
Looks up and returns key demographic statistics for target state to be used for calculating sample weights
Description
Looks up and returns six key demographic statistics for a target state to be used for calculating sample weights. State-level population statistics from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Data from state.demographic.info, a saved datafile in sate package.
Usage
target.population.demographics(state)
Arguments
state |
The target state, input as two-letter abbreviation (i.e., "GA" "TX" or "FL"). If no state specified, will use "USA". |
Value
A one row data.frame with the following statistics: black, ba_or_more, hhincome_over50k, age35plus, woman, hispanic
Examples
library(sate)
target.population.demographics(state="FL")
target.population.demographics() # will return stats for USA
[Package sate version 2.4.0 Index]