A socioeconomic disadvantage index for informing policy, systems, and environmental change interventions for senior nutrition programs.

ABSTRACT: Identifying socioeconomic disparities within a local area is critical for tailoring policy solutions to older adult populations. However, a comprehensive index for characterizing socioeconomic disadvantage for older adult households in the U.S. is yet to be developed. This study is the first of its kind and used secondary data from the U.S. Census to develop a new socioeconomic disadvantage index for adults older than 60 years, with a focus on food insecurity, for a large region in Central Texas. The Older Adult Socioeconomic Disadvantage Index (OASDI) includes 12 variables related to unmet needs for food, housing, healthcare access, and transportation, and others at the census tract level. For each variable, the values were ranked based on quintiles using ArcGIS Pro 3.2. An unweighted sum

SUBMITTER: Maleki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11790468 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature