The {censobr} package includes a few functions to help users navigate Brazilian census data, its variables and methodology.
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| data_dictionary() | Data dictionary (codebook) | Microdata | X | X | X | X | X | X | soon |
| Census tract aggregates | X | X | soon | ||||||
| questionnaire() | Questionnaires | Long and short | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| interview_manual() | Interviewer’s manual (Enumerator Instructions) | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
All of these functions download supporting documents in either
.html or .pdf format, and open the documents
on a web browser. Like all other datasets in {censobr},
these support documents are downloaded and cached locally the first time
when users run the function. This way, when users need to take a peak at
the documentation again, the functions simply load local files, making
it super quick and convenient.
Data Dictionary
The data_dictionary() indicate the definition of each
variable, and the meaning of their categories in the case of categorical
variables. The function currently covers the data dictionaries for all
Brazilian censuses since 1960 (19960, 1970,
1980, 1991, 2000 and
2010), and it includes dictionaries for the variables of
both microdata (sample portion of the census) and for the variables
available in census tract-level aggregate data.
# Microdata variables
data_dictionary(year = 2010,
dataset = 'microdata')
# Census tract-level variables
data_dictionary(year = 2010,
dataset = 'tracts')Questionnaires
Oftentimes, it is really important to understand the structure of the
questionnaire used in surveys. The questionnaire() function
includes the questionnaires used in the data collection of all Brazilian
censuses since 1970.
Here, users need to pass the year parameter indicating
the edition of the census of interest and whether they want the
'short' questionnaire that is used to interview all
households, or the 'short' one that is used in the sample
component of the cesus.
# short questionnaire
questionnaire(year = 2022,
type = 'short')
# long questionnaire
questionnaire(year = 2022,
type = 'long')Interview manual
Finally, the interview_manual() function downloads and
opens on a browser the “Manual do Recenseador”, i.e. the manual of
instructions for IBGE’s census takers (recenseadores) on how to collect
the census data.
Manuals for all censuses since 1970 are available.
# 2010
interview_manual(year = 2022)
# 1970
interview_manual(year = 1960)