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:
Income inequity, ZCTA. 2008-2012 ACS 5-year ACS
Abstract:
Income inequity is measured using the index of concentration at the extremes (ICE). ICE, developed by Douglas Massey in 2001, is a measure of social polarization within a particular geographic unit. It shows whether people or households in a geographic unit are concentrated in privileged or deprived extremes. Our privileged group is the number of households with a householder identifying as White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, with an income equal to or greater than \$100,000. Our deprived group is the number of households with a householder identifying as a different race/ethnic group (e.g., Black alone, Asian alone, Hispanic or Latino), with an income equal to or less than \$25,000.

We have computed the income 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:
2008-2012 ACS 5-year ACS
Theme Keywords:
Data is available for all U.S. ZCTAs.
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 income inequity ratios for some ZCTA - 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
zcta character Zip Code Tabulation Area NA
ice_wanh_ba numeric Income inequity between White alone, Not Hispanic or Latino-headed households, and Black alone-headed households NA
ice_wanh_h numeric Income inequity between White alone, Not Hispanic or Latino-headed households, and Hispanic or Latino-headed households NA
ice_wanh_aa numeric Income inequity between White alone, Not Hispanic or Latino-headed households, and Asian alone-headed households NA