convert_from_rds {easyPSID}

Export PSID files to another statistical language

Description

Exports all .rds files in the chosen directory into a common file format used by one of three other statistical programming languages (SPSS, SAS, and STATA). Unlike most alternatives, this function retains all variable labels provided by the PSID.

Usage

convert_from_rds(language, in_direc, out_direc)

Arguments

language

Language to export PSID .rds files into (options include SPSS, SAS, and STATA)

in_direc

Directory of PSID .rds files to export. Note that large files can take a long time to export.

out_direc

Directory for exported files to be placed

Examples

convert_from_rds(
    language="STATA", 
    in_direc=system.file("extdata","rds_dir", package = "easyPSID"),
    out_direc=tempdir()
)