This function creates a vector or tibble containing variables included in particular calls.

dep_build_varlist(geography, index, year, survey = "acs5", output = "vector")

Arguments

geography

A character scalar; one of "state", "county", or "tract"

index

A character scalar or vector listing deprivation measures to return. These include the area deprivation index ("adi"), the gini coefficient ("gini"), two versions of the neighborhood deprivation index by Messer ("ndi_m") and Powell and Wiley ("ndi_pw"), and four versions of the social vulnerability index ("svi10", "svi14", "svi20", and "svi20s").

year

A numeric scalar between 2010 and 2020

survey

A character scalar representing the Census product. It can be any American Community Survey product (either "acs1", "acs3", or "acs5"). Note that "acs3" was discontinued after 2013.

output

A character scalar; either "vector" (default) or tibble. See Return below.

Value

A vector of variable names or a tibble containing both variable names, labels, and the measure(s) they are associated with.

Examples

# Gini coefficient at the Census tract level
dep_build_varlist(geography = "tract", index = "gini", year = 2019)
#> [1] "B19083_001"