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Proportion unemployed 16-64 y/o is using "White Alone" table #1

Closed hhubbell closed 3 years ago

hhubbell commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I noticed in your code that the calculation for percent unemployed for 16-64 y/o in the labor force is using table C23002A, which is the "White Alone" group. Was there a specific reason for choosing this table instead of C23001?

The lines of code, for reference: https://github.com/iecastro/deprivation-index/blob/204d2f9a08705e90bf9ac1da71ac885f6d55bd39/R/ndi.R#L10 https://github.com/iecastro/deprivation-index/blob/204d2f9a08705e90bf9ac1da71ac885f6d55bd39/R/ndi.R#L32

And the Census ACS table index for 2015: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/table_shells/2015/ C23001 Table Shell (Excel Download) C23002A Table Shell (Excel Download)

Thanks!

iecastro commented 3 years ago

Thanks @hhubbell, it should not be the "White Alone" group; I have updated this https://github.com/iecastro/deprivation-index/commit/d27cbdedf6af76bf76430332add4a8a963545da6