childfree {childfree}

childfree: Access and harmonize childfree demographic data

Description

Reads demographic data from a variety of public data sources, extracting and harmonizing variables useful for the study of childfree individuals. The identification of childfree individuals and those with other family statuses uses the framework described by Neal & Neal (2024).

Data can be generated from:

• Demographic and Health Surveys data using dhs()

• Michigan State University State of the State data using soss()

• US CDC National Survey of Family Growth data using nsfg()

An introduction to the package is available using vignette("childfree"), and the detailed codebooks generated by these functions are available using vignette("codebooks").

Author(s)

Maintainer: Zachary Neal [e-mail] (ORCID)

Authors:

• Jennifer Watling Neal [e-mail] (ORCID)

References

Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2024). A framework for studying adults who neither have nor want children. The Family Journal, 32, 121-130. Version of record: doi:10.1177/10664807231198869 Preprint: doi:10.31234/osf.io/fa89m

See Also

Useful links:

• https://www.zacharyneal.com/childfree

• https://www.jennawneal.com/childfree-adults

• https://github.com/zpneal/childfree

• Report bugs at https://github.com/zpneal/childfree/issues