Aggregate variables in grouped data — aggregate_data_with_meta • tongfen

Aggregate census data up, assumes data is grouped for aggregation Uses data from meta to determine how to aggregate up

Usage

aggregate_data_with_meta(data, meta, geo = FALSE, na.rm = TRUE, quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

data: census data as obtained from get_census call, grouped by TongfenID
meta: list with variables and aggregation information as obtained from meta_for_vectors
geo: logical, should also aggregate geographic data
na.rm: logical, should NA values be ignored or carried through.
quiet: logical, don't emit messages if set to `TRUE`

Value

data frame with variables aggregated to new common geography

Examples

# Aggregate population from DA level to grouped by CT_UID
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
geo <- cancensus::get_census("CA06",regions=list(CSD="5915022"),level='DA')
meta <- meta_for_additive_variables("CA06","Population")
result <- aggregate_data_with_meta(geo %>% group_by(CT_UID),meta)
} # }