Last Updated: 06/16/2017
- Data Source: US Census Bureau – Poverty (https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/data/data-tools.html); secondary source is the American Community Survey via data.world (https://data.world/uscensusbureau/?utm_source=autopilot&utm_medium=email&utm_content=170405&utm_campaign=feature_update)*
- Input: EXPest, latitude/longitude of home residence, income, age, # people in family
- Output: categorical poverty exposure score (at/below or above poverty level)
Poverty lines are defined by year and are based on income, age (< or ≥ 65 years), and number of people in the family. Tables for poverty cutoffs can be found at: http://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/historical-poverty-thresholds.html.
Poverty exposure 'scores':
1 if ≤ poverty line
0 if otherwise
Caveats re missing data points for inputs:
- Age: if unknown, assume < 65 years
- Income: if unknown, use US Census Tract median household income
- Family size: if unknown, use 4
Caveat: If the time period [Ts,Te] crosses multiple years, then use the category for the most recent year
Caveat: Note that the US Census Bureau data are only available for census years; if data from a specific time period are unavailable, then use the most recent data available
*Note: The ACS data will not be used for Green Team’s initial models
Code:
- TODO (poverty.py)
Details:
- TODO