Metadata Information

Overview

Originator:
Social and Environmental Context Variables for ABCD Linked External Data Release 5.0
Title:
Mulit-group Entropy Index
Abstract:
Both the Index of Dissimilarity and Interaction Index can only measure the segregation of two groups compared to each other. The Multi-Group Entropy Index measures the distribution of multiple groups simultaneously. This measure is dependent on the number of categories included in the computation. Multi-Group Entropy Indices at the census tract were derived using the following categories: Non-Hipanic White, Non-Hispanic Black, Non-Hispanic Asian, Hispanic.

Three measures are available as of this release: Multi-Group Entropy Scores at the census tract and metro-level, and a Multi-Group Entropy Index that standardizes the sum of the census-tract scores within a metro by the standard deviation of the metro-level distribution. For more information see technical documentation https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/about/housing-patterns/multigroup_entropy.pdf.
Time Period of Content Date:
2014-2018
Theme Keywords:
Data is available for mainland U.S. census tracts.
Contact Person Information:
NA

Data Quality

Completeness:
Data are available for the United States.
Missing Data:
See https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/about/housing-patterns/multigroup_entropy.pdf
Lineage:
Cardenas-Iniguez, C., Schachner, J., Ip, K. I., Abad, S., & Herting, M. (2023). Social and Environmental Context Variables for ABCD Linked External Data Release 5.0.

Distribution

Publisher:
Healthy Communities Data Portal
Publication Date:
2023

Attributes

Column Type Label Description
GEOID character Census tract FIPS code, 2014-2018 NA
seg_entropy_t numeric Tract-level entropy score NA
seg_entropy_m numeric Metro-level entropy index NA
seg_entropy_idx numeric Multi-group entropy index standardized from the sum of the census-tract scores within a metro by the standard deviation of the metro-level distribution NA