Metadata Information

Overview

Originator:
Claire Kamp Dush, Wendy Manning, and David Van Riper. IPUMS Contextual Determinants of Health: Version 1.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2023. https://doi.org/10.18128/D130.V1.0
Title:
Educational inequity, County. 2007-2011 ACS 5-year ACS
Abstract:
Educational inequity is the ratio between the proportion of people aged 25 years and older identifying as White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, with a college degree or higher and the proportion of people aged 25 years and older identifying as a different race/ethnic group with a college degree or higher. We have computed the educational inequity measure for the following groups:

* White alone, not Hispanic or Latino:Black alone
* White alone, not Hispanic or Latino:Asian alone
* White alone, not Hispanic or Latino:Hispanic or Latino
Time Period of Content Date:
2007-2011 ACS 5-year ACS
Theme Keywords:
Data is available for all U.S. Counties.
Contact Person Information:
NA

Data Quality

Completeness:
Data are available for the United States and Puerto Rico. Data are not provided the US territories.
Missing Data:
We are unable to compute educational inequity ratios for some county - race/ethnicity combinations. If both the numerator and denominator proportions are zero, the educational inequity ratio is undefined. If the denominator proportion is zero, then the ratio is also undefined. When we observe these cases, we report the ratios as missing.
Lineage:
NA

Distribution

Publisher:
Healthy Communities Data Portal
Publication Date:
2025

Attributes

Column Type Label Description
year character 5-year ACS NA
statefips character State FIPS code NA
state character State name NA
countyfips character County FIPS code NA
county character County name NA
edu_ratio_wanh_ba numeric Educational inequity between White alone, Not Hispanic or Latino, and Black alone NA
edu_ratio_wanh_h numeric Educational inequity between White alone, Not Hispanic or Latino, and Hispanic or Latino NA
edu_ratio_wanh_aa numeric Educational inequity between White alone, Not Hispanic or Latino, and Asian alone NA