ipumspy.api.metadata.NhgisDataTableMetadata#

class ipumspy.api.metadata.NhgisDataTableMetadata(name, dataset_name, collection='nhgis')[source]#

Class to request and store metadata for an IPUMS NHGIS data table

Parameters:

name (str) – Name of the NHGIS data table for which to retrieve metadata
dataset_name (str) – Name of the NHGIS dataset containing this data table

Attributes

`collection`	Name of an IPUMS data collection
`description`	Description of the data table
`nhgis_code`	The code identifying the data table in the extract (variables in the extract data will include column names prefixed with this code)
`sequence`	Order in which the data table will appear in the metadata API and extracts
`supported_collections`	Collections that support this metadata class
`universe`	The statistical population measured by this data table
`variables`	Dictionary containing variable descriptions and codes for the variables included in the data table
`name`	IPUMS data table name
`dataset_name`	Name of the dataset to which this data table belongs

Methods