Identifying characteristics of high-poverty counties in the United States with high well-being: an observational cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify county characteristics associated with high versus low well-being among high-poverty counties.

Design

Observational cross-sectional study at the county level to investigate the associations of 29 county characteristics with the odds of a high-poverty county reporting population well-being in the top quintile versus the bottom quintile of well-being in the USA. County characteristics representing key determinants of health were drawn from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings and Roadmaps population health model.

Setting

Counties in the USA that are in the highest quartile of poverty rate.

Main outcome measure

Gallup-Sharecare Well-being Index, a comprehensive population-level measure of physical, mental and social healt

SUBMITTER: Arora A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500307 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature