Compile Understanding Society SPSS files to one dataset

Compiles all files from BHPS and UKHLS into one file

Usage

usoc_compile(
  directory,
  extra_mappings = NULL,
  save_variables_report = TRUE,
  save_to_folder = FALSE,
  file = "indresp"
)

directory: Directory with bhps/ and ukhls/
extra_mappings: function with extra columns to compile
save_variables_report: Save a csv with a summary of variables?
save_to_folder: If TRUE, will save to the DATA_DIRECTORY environment variable if present
file: Which file of the usoc data to compile? By default indresp, but also works on youth, child, etc.

To automatically save this file in a directory to be used between projects, set a system variable called DATA_DIRECTORY pointing at a folder.

To do that just for R sessions, add the line below to .Rprofile:

Sys.setenv(DATA_DIRECTORY = "~/path/to/folder")