This package contains five datasets provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) between 2014-2020:
brfss_cog: The variables from the BRFSS optional state module on cognitive function, 2015-2020 (Source: https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/2015-brfss-cognitive-decline-module.pdf)
brfss_cg: The variables from the BRFSS optional state module on caregiving, 2015-2020 (Source: https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/2015-caregiving-module.pdf)
brfss_sgm: The variables from the BRFSS optional state module on sexual orientation and gender identity, 2014-2020 (Reference: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/reports/2016/03/29/134182/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-data-collection-in-the-behavioral-risk-factor-surveillance-system/)
brfss_dep: The PHQ-2 optional module included in 2018.
brfss_medexp: A dataframe that lists the status of Medicaid expansion (expanded / not; year of implementation) for each state. Current as of mid-2020.
brfss_emspt: The variables from the BRFSS optional state module on emptional support and life satisfaction, 2014-2017
brfss_flu: The variables from the BRFSS optional state module on place of influenza vaccination, 2016-2017
It also includes core variables from each BRFSS year 2014-2020:
brfss_core: demographic, socioeconomic, health care, health behavior, and health status variables (Source: https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/annual_data.htm)# Install the development version from GitHub devtools::install_github("bencapistrant/brfssR")
The raw data files (.XPT) are stored via Git Large File System (LFS) (https://git-lfs.github.com/). LFS is a way to circumvent Github’s limitation on large files. It replaces a file with a pointer to its storage space in a LFS cache (source: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/git-lfs). The .rda files should not be stored via LFS as the package will not be installable via devtools::install_github() and the .rda files will not be loadable; you will instead get the pointers if you try to open the .rda files.
Read more about Git LFS: https://help.github.com/en/github/managing-large-files/versioning-large-files