Description
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Users can obtain descriptions, maps, profiles, and ranks of U.S. metropolitan areas pertaining to quality of life, diversity, and opportunities for racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.
Background The Diversity Data project operates a website for users to explore how U.S. metropolitan areas perform on evidence-based social measures affecting quality of life, diversity and opportunity for racial and ethnic groups in the United States. These indicators capture a broad definition of quality of life and health, including opportunities for good schools, housing, jobs, wages, health and social services, and safe neighborhoods. This is a useful resource for people inter ested in advocating for policy and social change regarding neighborhood integration, residential mobility, anti-discrimination in housing, urban renewal, school quality and economic opportunities. The Diversity Data project is an ongoing project of the Harvard School of Public Health (Department of Society, Human Development and Health).
User Functionality Users can obtain a description, profile and rank of U.S. metropolitan areas and compare ranks across metropolitan areas. Users can also generate maps which demonstrate the distribution of these measures across the United States. Demographic information is available by race/ethnicity.
Data Notes Data are derived from multiple sources including: the U.S. Census Bureau; National Center for Health Statistics' Vital Statistics Natality Birth Data; Natio nal Center for Education Statistics; Union CPS Utilities Data CD; National Low Income Housing Coalition; Freddie Mac Conventional Mortgage Home Price Index; Neighborhood Change Database; Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University; Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMD); Dr. Russ Lopez, Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health; HUD State of the Cities Data Systems; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; and Texas Transportation Institute. Years in which the data were collected are indicated with the measure. Information is available for metropolitan areas. The website does not indicate when the data are updated. (2011-01)
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Keyword
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metropolitan, race, ethnicity, diversity, housing, education, crime, residential integration, neighborhood, physical environment, economic opportunity, disabilities, health insurance, healthcare, health care, prenatal care, smoking, preterm birth, low birth weight, domestic migration, international migration, immigrants, language, home ownership, household crowding, home affordability, mortgage lending, home loan, conventional home loan, overcrowding, vacancy, subsidized housing, neighborhood poverty, income inequality, GINI index, Robin Hood Index, 20-80 Poverty Ratio, poverty, racial income inequality, food stamps, employment, business ownership, business firms, commuting, public transportation, private vehicle, car, school enrollment, segregation, public housing, unemployment, housing stock, murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, gun, violence, population density, residential sprawl, travel congestion, safe neighborhoods |