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Flag non-Scottish residents

Source: R/add_hri_variables.R
flag_non_scottish_residents.Rd

Flag non-Scottish residents

Usage

flag_non_scottish_residents(data, slf_pc_lookup)

Arguments

data

An SLF individual file.

slf_pc_lookup

The Source postcode lookup, defaults to get_slf_postcode_path() read using read_file().

Value

A data frame with the variable 'keep_flag'

Details

The variable keep flag can be in the range c(0:4) where

  • keep_flag = 0 when resident is Scottish

  • keep_flag = 1 when resident is not Scottish

  • keep_flag = 2 when the postcode is missing or a dummy, and the gpprac is missing

  • keep_flag = 3 when the gpprac is not English and the postcode is missing

  • keep_flag = 4 when the gpprac is not English and the postcode is a dummy

The intention is to only keep the records where keep_flag = 0

See also

Other individual_file: add_acute_columns(), add_ae_columns(), add_all_columns(), add_at_columns(), add_ch_columns(), add_cij_columns(), add_cmh_columns(), add_dd_columns(), add_dn_columns(), add_gls_columns(), add_hc_columns(), add_hl1_columns(), add_hri_variables(), add_ipdc_cols(), add_keep_population_flag(), add_mat_columns(), add_mh_columns(), add_nrs_columns(), add_nsu_columns(), add_ooh_columns(), add_op_columns(), add_pis_columns(), add_sds_columns(), add_standard_cols(), aggregate_ch_episodes(), clean_up_ch(), condition_cols(), create_individual_file(), recode_gender(), remove_blank_chi()