ipumspy.api.UsaExtract.__init__

UsaExtract.__init__(samples, variables, description='My IPUMS USA extract', data_format='fixed_width', **kwargs)

Defining an IPUMS USA extract.

Parameters

• samples (List[str]) – list of IPUMS USA sample IDs

• variables (List[str]) – list of IPUMS USA variable names

• description (str) – short description of your extract

• data_format (str) – fixed_width and csv supported