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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 zpneal@msu.edu (ORCID)
Authors:
Jennifer Watling Neal jneal@msu.edu (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:
Report bugs at https://github.com/zpneal/childfree/issues