ipumspy.ddi.VariableDescription.read#

classmethod VariableDescription.read(elt, ddi_namespace)[source]#

Read an XML description of a variable.

Parameters:

  • elt (Element) – xml element tree from parsed extract ddi

  • ddi_namespace (str) – ddi namespace that says what the xmlns is for the file

Return type:

VariableDescription

Returns:

VariableDescription object