Data from: Social vulnerability, capacity, and economic outcomes in North Carolina populations

This dataset contains census-tract-level indicators of social
vulnerability and community resources across North Carolina, used to study
their impact on economic outcomes following the COVID-19 pandemic. The
data includes a comparison of variables from 2018 and 2022 to measure
changes in unemployment and poverty rates across 1,698 census tracts .
Data Sources and Variables: Social and Economic Vulnerability: Derived
from the 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) and the CDC's Social
Vulnerability Index (SVI), including metrics for education level,
disability, minority status, and housing cost burden . Infrastructure and
Institutional Capacity: Includes variables such as broadband access (FCC),
hospital capacity (NC OneMap), public and non-public school proximity, and
annual vehicle hours of public transit service (U.S. DOT) . Environmental
Context: Includes the EPA Walkability Index and Census Bureau diversity
indices . The data were processed using ArcGIS to map geographical
overlaps between census tract definitions across different time periods.
Summary statistics and correlation matrices are provided to describe the
relationship between these vulnerability factors and economic resilience
in rural and non-rural areas. This data supports an empirical analysis
using linear regression, logistic regression, and random forest models to
identify how community resources moderate the effects of social
vulnerability on economic recovery.