A Swiss Singles Map

[palrogg]

Brief summary

A d3.js map of singles in Switzerland. This looks familiar.

I learnt to draw D3.js maps at the Map Club organized by Emily Fuhrman.

Link and preview

http://ww2.paulronga.ch/singles

Possible headlines

• A Swiss Singles Map
• The Single Men Hot Map of Switzerland
• Swiss Citizens Voted: They Want Their Own Singles Map

  Data source

Census data extractor: https://www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch/Selection.aspx?px_language=en&px_db=px-x-0102010000_102&px_tableid=px-x-0102010000_102px-x-0102010000_102.px&px_type=PX

Canton polygons: http://www.toposhop.admin.ch/en/shop/products/landscape/gg25_1

Edit: new dataset about religion and canton: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/themen/01/05/blank/key/religionen.html

New dataset about weddings by age and canton: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/lexikon/lex/0.Document.97673.xls

Inspiration

Nuptiality by canton: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/infothek/lexikon/lex/0.Document.104051.xls These “singles maps”: example one, example two (the first example is much better)

(Another useful search page: Encyclopédie statistique de la Suisse )

Story issue checklist

My pitch was (use the number): #159

• [ ] My pitch has been approved (see PITCHING.md)
• [x] My story issue links to my pitch issue
• [x] I link to my finalized (ish) data source(s)
• [x] I've included a brief summary of my story
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• [x] I have received two comments of peer feedback
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• [ ] I have received two comments of peer feedback after posting an update
• [ ] I have received editorial feedback

This thumb is just for @playfairbot. Maybe he doesn't recognize the previous one because it's inside a link

[playfairbot]

Hi there, I'm the Playfair Bot!

Would you mind adding a category to your issue title? Something like [Pitch] or [Story], or maybe [Meta] if it happens to be a bug. That way we can organize things nice and neat.

Thanks! :pray:

[playfairbot]

Hi there, I'm the Playfair Bot!

Thanks for posting your story issue, but would you mind adding editing the original issue to add the first draft of your image? You have my sincere apologies, but it's easier for dumb robots like me when the comments are only used for updates.

Thanks! :pray:

[barjacks]

I don't understand the methodology, at least the way you have described. I think that needs to be approved. Otherwise. Great story, front page! "If you're 18 and are looking for a girl friend, move to Uri!"

[thisss]

Wow, that looks amazing. If possible, I would include a link to the census data and some information about the actual questions the people were asked.

[spm2164]

I love your map, but as we discussed, I'm not sure about your method. Maybe ask Soma exactly how he got to his aggregate numbers, but I don't think he just subtracted the singles of one gender from the other. He still displayed the total number, he just switched color to show the balance of power between the sexes. Or, so I thought. Either way, great work.

[junebugseo]

it would be helpful to have legend of color intensity! I want to know the difference between dark blue and light blue!

[mercye]

It's v cool that you made an interactive!

[palrogg]

Thank you so much for your feedback! I definitely need to add a color legend and an explanation about how the calculation is made.

The code is:

• single_unmatched_men = single_men - single_women
• single_men_per_1000 = (1000*single_unmatched_men_total) / (single_men_total + single_women_total)

[Here's the notebook]

[palrogg]

Merging the data about religion and singles was unexpectedly easy. Finding the dataset about religion took me ages, thought!

The religions in Switzerland (draft chart, I have to find a better way to show this data anyway):

And I just exported a JSON file containing the Singles by age AND the religions for each canton. Next update...

[palrogg]

People who have no religion. Problem: the regions are much too big (cities and countryside are together)

[playfairbot]

Closing since pull request #217 has been accepted