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AgePopDenom (version 0.4.0)

download_dhs_datasets: Main Function to Download DHS Datasets

Description

Downloads the latest PR (household) and GE (geographic) DHS datasets for specified countries.

Usage

download_dhs_datasets(
  country_codes,
  cache_path = here::here("01_data", "1a_survey_data", "raw"),
  output_dir_root = here::here("01_data", "1a_survey_data", "raw"),
  survey_id = NULL,
  email,
  project,
  verbose = TRUE,
  clear_cache = TRUE
)

Value

Invisibly returns a list of downloaded dataset filenames.

Arguments

country_codes

A character vector of ISO3 country codes.

cache_path

A character string specifying the cache path for RDHS.

output_dir_root

A character string specifying the root directory for output.

survey_id

A character vector of survey IDs. If NULL, uses latest survey.

email

A character string. Email registered with DHS.

project

A character string. Project name as registered with DHS.

verbose

Logical for rdhs setup and messages to be printed.

clear_cache

Logical whether to clear cache before downloading.