Merge pull request #12 from Alicegif/patch-1

Create load.py for poverty data from USDA

data/county_level/raw/usda_poverty/load.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import pandas as pd
+from os.path import join as oj
+import os
+
+
+def load_usda_poverty(data_dir ='./'):
+    ''' Load in USDA Poverty Data 2018
+    
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    data_dir : str; path to the data directory with Poverty_data.xls
+    
+    Returns
+    -------
+    data frame
+    '''
+
+    raw = pd.read_excel(oj(data_dir, 'PovertyEstimates.xls'), 
+                        sheet_name="Poverty Data 2018", skiprows=4)
+    return raw
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raw = load_usda_poverty()
+    print('loaded usda_poverty successfully.')
+