确定儿童社会流动群体的机会,用于公共卫生应用,使用k-means集群
Sarah Zelasky1, Chantel L Martin2, Christopher Weaver3
1Oak Ridge Associated Universities at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Heliyon
|October 9, 2023
概括
空间聚类揭示了美国各地不同的社区机会概况. 这些基于童年居住地和社会经济因素的集群突出显示了社会流动性和成人结果的地理差异.
科学领域:
- 社会经济因素社会经济因素
- 城市研究是城市研究.
- 数据科学是数据科学.
背景情况:
- 机会图谱项目将童年居住与成人社会经济结果联系起来.
- 儿童时期的邻居特征解释了成人社会经济地位的显著差异.
- 人口普查区的空间聚类可以揭示社会流动的模式.
研究的目的:
- 识别和描述机遇图谱结果中的空间聚类趋势.
- 将具有相似社会流动性机会概况的人口普查区域组合在一起.
- 为研究影响儿童社会流动性的因素创建一个综合指数.
主要方法:
- 使用了k-means集群机器学习方法.
- 分析了四个结果变量:收入,监禁,就业和社区贫困.
- 在连续的美国和EPA地区,按五个家长收入水平分层数据.
主要成果:
- 在全国范围内确定了七个不同的集群,其中北中西部/东北地区的高机会地区和西南/东南地区的低机会地区.
- 在每一个EPA区域内发现了五到九个集群.
- 发现收入和低贫困社区居住显著解释了差异,父母收入水平的贡献各不相同.
结论:
- 根据社会流动性机会概况,制定了全国和EPA特定区域的人口普查集群.
- 创建了一个有价值的社会流动机会综合指数.
- 这种聚类促进了对影响儿童社会流动性的因素的未来研究.
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