childfree

Access and Harmonize Childfree Demographic Data

v0.0.5 · Feb 26, 2026 · GPL-3

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Description

Reads demographic data from a variety of public data sources, extracting and harmonizing variables useful for the study of childfree individuals. The identification of childfree individuals and those with other family statuses uses Neal & Neal's (2024) "A Framework for Studying Adults who Neither have Nor Want Children" <doi:10.1177/10664807231198869>; A pre-print is available at <doi:10.31234/osf.io/fa89m>.

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ERROR r-oldrel-macos-arm64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
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Quitting from childfree.Rmd:137-139 [unnamed-chunk-4]
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<error/rlang_error>
Error in `file()`:
! cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_MaleData.dat'
---
Backtrace:
    ▆
 1. └─childfree::nsfg(years = 2017)
 2.   └─base::readLines("https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_MaleData.dat")
 3.     └─base::file(con, "r")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Error: processing vignette 'childfree.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_MaleData.dat'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

ERROR r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
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downloaded 39.1 MB


Quitting from childfree.Rmd:137-139 [unnamed-chunk-4]
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<error/rlang_error>
Error in `file()`:
! cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_FemRespData.dat'
---
Backtrace:
    ▆
 1. └─childfree::nsfg(years = 2017)
 2.   └─base::readLines("https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_FemRespData.dat")
 3.     └─base::file(con, "r")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Error: processing vignette 'childfree.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_FemRespData.dat'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

ERROR r-release-macos-arm64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 39.1 MB


Quitting from childfree.Rmd:137-139 [unnamed-chunk-4]
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<error/rlang_error>
Error in `file()`:
! cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_MaleData.dat'
---
Backtrace:
    ▆
 1. └─childfree::nsfg(years = 2017)
 2.   └─base::readLines("https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_MaleData.dat")
 3.     └─base::file(con, "r")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Error: processing vignette 'childfree.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_MaleData.dat'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

ERROR r-release-macos-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
==================================================
downloaded 39.1 MB


Quitting from childfree.Rmd:137-139 [unnamed-chunk-4]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<error/rlang_error>
Error in `file()`:
! cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_FemRespData.dat'
---
Backtrace:
    ▆
 1. └─childfree::nsfg(years = 2017)
 2.   └─base::readLines("https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_FemRespData.dat")
 3.     └─base::file(con, "r")
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Error: processing vignette 'childfree.Rmd' failed with diagnostics:
cannot open the connection to 'https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Datasets/NSFG/2017_2019_FemRespData.dat'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

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ERROR 10 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 4 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

ERROR r-release-macos-arm64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
==================================================
d
...[truncated]...
'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

ERROR r-release-macos-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
==================================================
d
...[truncated]...
'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

ERROR r-oldrel-macos-arm64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
==================================================
d
...[truncated]...
'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

ERROR r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

re-building of vignette outputs

Error(s) in re-building vignettes:
--- re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
trying URL 'https://osf.io/download/hk23e'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 41025900 bytes (39.1 MB)
==================================================
d
...[truncated]...
'
--- failed re-building ‘childfree.Rmd’

--- re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’ using rmarkdown
--- finished re-building ‘codebooks.Rmd’

SUMMARY: processing the following file failed:
  ‘childfree.Rmd’

Error: Vignette re-building failed.
Execution halted

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Version History

new 0.0.5 Mar 10, 2026

updated 0.0.5 ← 0.0.4 diff Feb 25, 2026

updated 0.0.4 ← 0.0.3 diff Mar 19, 2025

updated 0.0.3 ← 0.0.2 diff Sep 3, 2024

updated 0.0.2 ← 0.0.1 diff Jul 8, 2024

new 0.0.1 Apr 4, 2024