misc_poverty_groups: Poverty groupings based on 200 percent FPL

In PHSKC-APDE/rads.data: Data for rads package and other public health uses

Poverty groupings based on 200 percent FPL

Description

Tract and ZCTA level poverty groupings based on the proportion of the population below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)

Usage

misc_poverty_groups

Format

a data.table with 578 rows and six columns: geo_type, geo_id, census_vintage, pov200grp, source, creation_date.

Note

These replace the previous poverty groups (low, medium, high) that were based on 100 percent FPL from 2008-2012 ACS data.

Source

ACS 2017-2021 tabular estimates processed by https://github.com/PHSKC-APDE/chi/blob/main/acs/2021_2017/03_calculations_5_year_tabular_data.R with results saved in "//dphcifs/APDE-CDIP/ACS/2021_2017_5_year/Analysis/03_ACS_Calculations/output_ACS_data_2021_2017_by_geography.xlsx"

References

Code based on https://github.com/PHSKC-APDE/pers_dvc/blob/main/R/2020_poverty_groupings_v2.qmd

PHSKC-APDE/rads.data documentation built on Jan. 25, 2025, 12:25 a.m.