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Data Diversions

Data, articles and information that have us putting our to-do lists on hold (formerly Web Wednesday).

Data Diversion: Lower-Income Workers and People of Color Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 Impact

By |May 12th, 2020|Categories: Data Diversions, Housing, Public Health, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

The pandemic has already led to job loss in the most vulnerable occupations (and has even spread to other job sectors). Following job loss through a household's budget leads to more bad economic and social outcomes for those families. Decreased affordability of housing is an example. This Data Diversion provides an initial look at data that frame potential housing impacts of COVID-associated job loss.

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Data Diversion: COVID-19 Weekly Mobility Pattern by Industry

By |May 6th, 2020|Categories: Data Diversions, Economy, Public Health, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

So we've posted recently about mobility during COVID-19--how we have traveled less and when those declines happened. This week, we use the same data source (Safegraph) to look at how and when our pandemic-period mobility changes vary by industry sector.

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Data Diversion: Update on COVID-19 and Older Adults

By |April 15th, 2020|Categories: Age and Generations, Data Diversions, Public Health|

While the medical and public health communities continue to work towards flattening the curve for COVID-19 infections, data continues to show that older adults may be at higher risk for severe illness from coronavirus. A [...]

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Data Diversion: Census Day

By |April 1st, 2020|Categories: Data Diversions, Other Demographics, Population, Uncategorized|Tags: , |

April 1 this year is known in data circles not as April Fools Day, but rather as Census Day. In these times of pandemic, response to this decennial data collecton effort is even more critical than usual.

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Data Diversion: Highlights from the 100 Metros Dashboard

By |January 21st, 2020|Categories: Data Diversions|Tags: |

Neighborhood Nexus' 100 Metros Dashboard makes it easy to find general data about the Atlanta MSA and compare it to the country's other largest 100 metro areas.

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Data Diversion: Learning from Student Movement Across Atlanta

By |November 19th, 2019|Categories: Age and Generations, Data Diversions, Equity|

Two maps — one showing college students' movement and another showing high school students' movement over the course of a week in Atlanta — offer an idea of just how much of the city these students' might regularly experience.

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