gss_which_years

See which years a particular question was asked in the GSS.

gss_which_years(data, variable)

Arguments

data

A tibble of data, usually gss_all

variable

The variable or variables we want to check. Provide variables in tidyselect style, i.e. unquoted, and for multiple variables enclose unquoted in c()

Value

A tibble showing whether the question or questions were asked in each of the GSS years

Details

What years was a particular question asked in the GSS?

Examples

# \donttest{
data(gss_all)
gss_all %>%
  gss_which_years(fefam)
#> # A tibble: 33 × 2
#>     year fefam
#>    <dbl> <lgl>
#>  1  1972 FALSE
#>  2  1973 FALSE
#>  3  1974 FALSE
#>  4  1975 FALSE
#>  5  1976 FALSE
#>  6  1977 TRUE 
#>  7  1978 FALSE
#>  8  1980 FALSE
#>  9  1982 FALSE
#> 10  1983 FALSE
#> # … with 23 more rows

gss_all %>%
  gss_which_years(c(industry, indus80, wrkgovt, commute))
#> # A tibble: 33 × 5
#>     year industry indus80 wrkgovt commute
#>    <dbl> <lgl>    <lgl>   <lgl>   <lgl>  
#>  1  1972 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  2  1973 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  3  1974 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  4  1975 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  5  1976 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  6  1977 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  7  1978 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  8  1980 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#>  9  1982 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#> 10  1983 TRUE     FALSE   FALSE   FALSE  
#> # … with 23 more rows
# }