MSMbyregion: Washington Region Population estimates of MSM 15-65 from ACS...

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Description

This data is used in the process of reweighting our sample to be representative of washington MSM. These values are derived by multiplying the proportion of individuals in each region who are MSM by the number of males 15-65 in each region (from ACS).

Usage

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Format

A dataset with each row being a region, and the columns are the region name, total number of MSM aged 15-65 in each region and the corresponding percent.

Details

More information about the MSM estimates can be found in [this paper](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873305/), at the [CAMP Website](http://www.campmodeling.org/index.php), and data can be downloaded [here](http://www.campmodeling.org/index.php).

We are currently working to update documentation on the ACS data. While much of the data was taken from the ACS website American Fact Finder, this system has been eliminated from the census's webpage, and it is still not clear where to recover this data.


Shmelder/popdata documentation built on Aug. 4, 2020, 12:04 a.m.