Harmonize Value Labels

Source: R/harmonize_value_labels.R

Harmonize the numeric values and the value labels of variables. Currently works only with binary values.

harmonize_value_labels(labelled_var, categories = 2)

Arguments

labelled_var

A vector (survey variable) coded in with labelled class.
categories

The number of valid categories in the value range.

Value

A labelled vector containing harmonized numeric values and labels, and in attr(v, num_orig) the original numeric values, attr(v, labels_orig) the original labelling.

See also

Other harmonization functions: eurobarometer_special_values()

Examples

v <- labelled::labelled(
       c(3,4,4,3,8, 9),
       c(YES = 3, NO = 4, wrong_label = 8, refused = 9)
      )
harmonize_value_labels(v, 2)
#> <labelled<double>[6]>
#> [1]     1     0     0     1 99000 99998
#> 
#> Labels:
#>  value       label
#>      1         yes
#>      0          no
#>  99000 wrong_label
#>  99998     decline

v3 <- labelled::labelled(c(3,4,5,3,8, 9),
c(`BETTER`= 3, `WORSE`= 4,
  `SAME` = 5,
  wrong_label = 8, refused = 9))

harmonize_value_labels(
  labelled_var = v3,categories = 3)
#> <labelled<double>[6]>
#> [1]     1    -1     0     1 99000 99998
#> 
#> Labels:
#>  value       label
#>      1      better
#>     -1       worse
#>      0        same
#>  99000 wrong_label
#>  99998     decline