Skip to contents

Download GSS data file for a single year from NORC

Source: R/gssr-package.R
gss_get_yr.Rd

Use gss_get_yr() to get GSS data for a single year from NORC's GSS website (where it is available as a zipped Stata file) and put it directly into a tibble.

Usage

gss_get_yr(
  year = 2022,
  url = "https://gss.norc.org/documents/stata/",
  fname = "_stata",
  ext = "zip",
  dest = "data-raw/",
  save_file = c("n", "y")
)

Arguments

year

The desired GSS survey year, as a number (i.e., not in quotes). Defaults to 2022.

url

Location of the file. Defaults to the current NORC URL for Stata files.

fname

Non-year filename component. Defaults to '_stata'. Usually should not be changed.

ext

File name extension. Defaults to 'zip'. Usually should not be changed.

dest

If save_file is "y", the directory to put the file in. Defaults to data-raw in current directory.

save_file

Save the data file as well as loading it as an object. Defaults to 'n'.

Value

A tibble with the requested year's GSS data.

Examples

# \donttest{
gss80 <- gss_get_yr(1980)
#> Fetching: https://gss.norc.org/documents/stata/1980_stata.zip
# }