IPUMS Contextual Determinants of Health (CDOH) Race and Ethnicity Measure: Income Inequity by County, United States, 2005-2022

The IPUMS Contextual Determinants of Health (CDOH) data series
provides access to measures of disparities, policies, and counts, by state
or county, for historically marginalized populations in the United States
including Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latina/o/e/x, and LGBTQ+ persons, and
women.
The IPUMS CDOH data are made available through ICPSR/DSDR for merging
with the National Couples'
Health and Time Study (NCHAT), United States, 2020-2021 (ICPSR 38417)
by approved restricted data researchers. All other researchers can access
the IPUMS CDOH data via the IPUMS CDOH
website.
Unlike other IPUMS products, the CDOH data are organized into multiple
categories related to Race and Ethnicity, Sexual and Gender Minority,
Gender, and Politics. The measures were created from a wide variety of data
sources (e.g., IPUMS NHGIS, the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Movement Advancement Project, and
Myers Abortion Facility Database).
Measures are currently available for states or counties from approximately
2015 to 2020.
The Race and Ethnicity measure in this release is an indicator of income inequity which is measured using the index of concentration at the extremes (ICE). ICE is a measure of social polarization within a particular geographic unit. It shows whether people or households in a geographic unit are concentrated in privileged or deprived extremes. The privileged group in this study is the number of households with a householder identifying as White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, with an income equal to or greater than $100,000. The deprived group in this study is the number of households with a householder identifying as a different race/ethnic group (e.g., Black alone, Asian alone, Hispanic or Latino), with an income equal to or less than $25,000. To work with the IPUMS CDOH data, researchers will need to use the variable <strong>MATCH_ID</strong> to merge the data in DS1 with NCHAT surveys within the virtual data enclave (VDE).