Construction of the Ohio Children's Opportunity Index.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the development of an area-level measure of children's opportunity, the Ohio Children's Opportunity Index (OCOI).

Data sources/study setting

Secondary data were collected from US census based-American Community Survey (ACS), US Environmental Protection Agency, US Housing and Urban Development, Ohio Vital Statistics, US Department of Agriculture-Economic Research Service, Ohio State University Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, Ohio Incident Based Reporting System, IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System, and Ohio Department of Medicaid. Data were aggregated to census tracts across two time periods.

Study design

OCOI domains were selected based on existing literature, which included family stability, infant health, children's

SUBMITTER: Fareed N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356199 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature