Parse SEIFA index Spreadsheet — get_seifa_index_sheet • strayr

This is a helper function used by get_seifa. The function can also be used independently if you have already downloaded one of the SEIFA index score spreadsheets from https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/2033.0.55.0012016?OpenDocument

Usage

get_seifa_index_sheet(
  filename,
  sheetname,
  structure = c("sa1", "sa2", "lga", "postcode", "suburb"),
  year
)

Arguments

filename: character name of temporary file when spreadsheet downloaded
sheetname: character name of the sheet to be imported
structure: character spatial structure of the data to be parsed. The spatial structure is important as the shape of the data in the ABS spreadsheets if different for some structures.

Value

data.frame

Examples

if (FALSE) {

  get_seifa_index_sheet('downloaded_filename.xls', sheetname = 'Table 2', structure = 'lga')
}