UHC Data Portal Updates: June 2023
uhc, June 6, 2023
Links for Residential Segregation Measures Workshop available
The UHC Research and Data Core facilitated a workshop that aims to not only introduce researchers to the UHC Data Portal, but the workshop had a specific focus of presenting three commonly utilized residential segregation measures found in the Dissimilarity Index, the Gini Index, and the Index of Concentration at the Extremes. Workshop attendees were introduced to the three measures for the city of Philadelphia, as well as shown the importance of conducting exploratory spatial data analyses utilizing such data. Also, workshop attendees had an opportunity to have brief hands-on experiences in data access, analysis, and interpretation in a group-based setting. The link for this workshop is available for those who did not have a chance to attend.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zXJd5YS_asxNT5VSnQ-LI100F5XdL9UF/view?usp=sharing
Datasets used for the workshop are available on the portal and described below.
New resource sheet added to the data portal
https://data.uhcdata.org/pages/philadelphia-neighborhoods
New datasets
Not all of the data available in the UHC repository on this portal. Data added to the portal will be updated on a regular basis, based on ongoing projects, focusing on datasets that are useful for multiple projects. The following is a list of new datasets and updates that have been added to the portal over the last month.
- ZCTA 2020 Philadelphia Reading Camden CSA(CSV, GDB , SHP) and variable list.
2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA) that overlap Philadelphia Reading Camden Combined Statistical Area or Mercer County NJ are available.
- ZCTA 2010 Philadelphia Reading Camden CSA (CSV, GDB , SHP) and variable list
2010 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA) that overlap Philadelphia Reading Camden Combined Statistical Area or Mercer County NJ are available. PHL = 1 can be used to identify ZCTAs that fall inside Philadelphia.
- Average percent impervious National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) Contiguous US
Percent developed impervious surface at a 30 m resolution is available for the entire US from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD). The UHC has calculated average percent impervious for 2010 census tracts fore the contiguous US.
- American Community Survey 5-year (2016-2020) ZCTA (SAS, CSV) and variable list
- American Community Survey 5-year (2015-2019) ZCTA (SAS, CSV) and variable list
- American Community Survey 5-year (2010-2014) ZCTA (SAS, CSV) and variable list
Workshop Datasets
- Segregation Measures Philadelphia Neighborhood Level
This dataset includes two types of Index of Concentration at the Extremes and two types of Dissimilarity Index for each Philadelphia Neighborhood using ACS 5-year estimates 2006-2010 and 2015-2019. The dataset exists in a long format, with an indicator for each record’s year.
- Segregation Measures Philadelphia Tract Level
This dataset includes two types of Index of Concentration at the Extremes and the Gini Index for each census tract in Philadelphia using ACS 5-year estimates 2006-2010 and 2015-2019.
- Philadelphia Neighborhoods-DSPH
This dataset includes the spatial boundaries used for the neighborhood level segregation measure.
New resource sheet added to the data portal: Philadelphia Neighborhoods
The UHC has been compiling data for the 46 Philadelphia neighborhoods used in the workshop for various projects. The Philadelphia Neighborhoods Resource Sheet explains how these neighborhoods were selected and discusses other neighborhood definitions used for public health research in Philadelphia
https://data.uhcdata.org/pages/philadelphia-neighborhoods
The UHC Research and Data Core is actively working to expand which data from the repository are available; reach out to UHCdata@drexel.edu with any specific requests. All available data will be updated as possible by the UHC Research and Data Core.