ipumspy.ddi.FileDescription

class ipumspy.ddi.FileDescription(filename, description, structure, rectypes, rectype_idvar, rectype_keyvar, encoding, format, place)

In the IPUMS DDI, the file has its own particular description. Extract that from the XML.

Attributes

filename	IPUMS extract ddi file name
description	IPUMS ddi file description
structure	IPUMS extract data file structure.
rectypes	Record types included in the IPUMS extract.
rectype_idvar	The variable that identifies record types.
rectype_keyvar	The variable that uniquely identifies records across record types.
encoding	IPUMS file encoding scheme
format	IPUMS extract data file format
place	IPUMS physical address

Methods

__init__
read	Read a FileDescription from the parsed XML