A named character vector mapping various race categories to a harmonized variable
Examples
racemap
#> American Indian/Alaska Native
#> "American Indian/Alaska Native"
#> AI/AN
#> "American Indian/Alaska Native"
#> Native American/Alaskan Native
#> "American Indian/Alaska Native"
#> R1
#> "American Indian/Alaska Native"
#> Asian
#> "Asian"
#> R2
#> "Asian"
#> Black/African American
#> "Black/African American"
#> Black
#> "Black/African American"
#> Black or African American
#> "Black/African American"
#> R3
#> "Black/African American"
#> Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
#> "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander"
#> NH/PI
#> "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander"
#> Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
#> "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander"
#> R4
#> "Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander"
#> White
#> "White"
#> R5
#> "White"
#> Unknown
#> "Unknown"
#> UNK
#> "Unknown"
#> Other
#> "Other"
#> More Than One Race
#> "Multiracial"
#> Multi-race
#> "Multiracial"
racemap["AI/AN"]
#> AI/AN
#> "American Indian/Alaska Native"
racemap["Black"]
#> Black
#> "Black/African American"
racemap["Doesn't exist in the mapping"]
#> <NA>
#> NA
table(racemap)
#> racemap
#> American Indian/Alaska Native Asian
#> 4 2
#> Black/African American Multiracial
#> 4 2
#> Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Other
#> 4 1
#> Unknown White
#> 2 2