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Food Access and Availability in Arkansas (Research Project based on four…
Food Access and Availability in Arkansas
Research Project based on four secondary data sources
US Census American Community Survey
consists of
5-year estimates of measures of block group socioeconomics
will define
block group as low income or non-low income
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US Census definitions of urban places
consists of
classification of each census block in Arkansas as urban or rural
will define
block group as urban or rural
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retail food establishments
consists of
block group locations and address of retail food establishments
is defined as
a block group is the smallest geographic area of land used in US Census data collection
will reveal
which food stores are located in which block group
will require
manual classification of each food establishment as
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Discount Store
Drug Store
Dollar Store
Supermarket
Club Store
NEMS-S Store Audits
consists of
additional data on what is available in certain grocery, convenience, and dollar stores
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merging of dataset 1, 2, and 3
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will reveal
each block group in Arkansas as
Low Income or Non-low income
Rural or Urban
how many retail food establishment classes are in each block group
results will be used to
develop generalizable interventions to combat obesity in Food Deserts across the nation
dataset 1
dataset 3
dataset 4
1) start here
2) then go here
dataset 2