ipumspy.api.Variable

class ipumspy.api.Variable(name, preselected=False, case_selections=<factory>, attached_characteristics=<factory>, data_quality_flags=False)

IPUMS variable object to include in an IPUMS extract object.

Attributes

data_quality_flags	Flag to include the variable's associated data quality flags if they exist.
preselected	Whether the variable is preselected.
name	IPUMS variable name
case_selections	Case selection specifications.
attached_characteristics	Attach characteristics specifications.

Methods

__init__
build	Format Variable information for API Extract submission
update	Update Variable features