Social Vulnerability Index - Saipan

This data was originally developed for use in the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Saipan (www.climatecnmi.net). The data was used to create a Social Vulnerability Index, to quantify village susceptibilities to climate stressors. Some additional fields were calculated to identify percentages of certain population characteristics (e.g. Percent of population without health insurance). These calculations were made after joining Census data to the shapefile, and therefore do not reflect official Census Bureau calculations. This data is open to the public, and users are responsible for any applications of the data beyond its original intent (i.e. Climate Vulnerability Assessment).