eatGADS (version 1.1.1)

assimilateValLabels: Assimilate value labels.

Description

Assimilate all value labels of multiple variables as part of a GADSdat or all_GADSdat object.

Usage

assimilateValLabels(GADSdat, varNames, lookup = NULL)

Value

Returns the GADSdat object with changed meta data and recoded values.

Arguments

GADSdat

GADSdat object imported via eatGADS.

varNames

Character string of a variable name.

lookup

Look up data.frame.

Details

Assimilation can be performed using all existing value labels or a look up table containing at least all existing value labels. Missing codes are reused based on the meta data of the first variable in varNames.

Examples

# Example data set
facs_df <- data.frame(id = 1:3, fac1 = c("Eng", "Aus", "Ger"),
                      fac2 = c("Ger", "Franz", "Ita"),
                      fac3 = c("Kor", "Chi", "Alg"),
                      stringsAsFactors = TRUE)
facs_gads <- import_DF(facs_df)

assimilateValLabels(facs_gads, varNames = paste0("fac", 1:3))