Variable names for PL tables, per the idiosyncrasies of decennial censuses

Decennial censuses record demographic information per Public Law 94-171. There are four tables (descriptions t.b.d) with the same information each decade, but the API formatting of the variable names differs for each decade. This function keeps track of those differences for you.

Usage

decennial_pl_variable(.year, .table, .index)

Arguments

.year

the decade of the census

.table

an integer, [1, 4], denoting a PL table.

.index

an integer, [1, 999], denoting a variable in a PL table.

Value

a character vector of variable names.

Examples

decennial_pl_variable(2000L + c(0L, 10L, 20L), 2L, 1L)
#> [1] "PL002001" "P002001"  "P2_001N"