mobility: Data for Mobility Changes in Response to COVID-19

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Data for Mobility Changes in Response to COVID-19

Description

2020 mobility statistics at the state level from Descartes Labs.

Usage

mobility

Format

A data frame with 9,333 rows and 5 variables:

state

State (originally admin1)

date

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format

samples

The number of samples observed in the state on that date (summed across counties)

m50

The median of the max-distance mobility (representing the distance a typical member of a given population moves in a day) for all samples in a county, averaged across counties.

m50_index

The percent of normal m50 in the region, with normal m50 defined during 2020-02-17 to 2020-03-07, averaged across counties.

Note from the data website: "Data for 2020-04-20, 2020-05-29, 2020-10-08, 2020-12-11 through 2020-12-18, 2021-01-08 through 2021-01-14, 2021-04-07, 2021-04-12 and 2021-04-21 to present did not meet quality control standards, and was not released."

Source

Data was obtained from Descartes Labs https://descarteslabs.com

Warren, Michael S. & Skillman, Samuel W. "Mobility Changes in Response to COVID-19". arXiv:2003.14228 [cs.SI], Mar. 2020. arxiv.org/abs/2003.14228

https://github.com/descarteslabs/DL-COVID-19

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